Lineage and Honors Information as of 13 July 2011
236th TRANSPORTATION COMPANY
Constituted 26 December 1942 in the Army of the United States as Company C, 493d Port Battalion, Transportation Corps
Activated 25 February 1943 at Jackson Barracks, Louisiana
Reorganized and redesignated 25 June 1943 as the 236th Port Company
Inactivated 25 January 1946 in the Philippines
Redesignated 27 December 1948 as the 236th Transportation Port Company and allotted to the Organized Reserve Corps
Activated 1 February 1949 at Des Moines, Iowa
(Organized Reserve Corps redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)
Inactivated 14 September 1954 at Des Moines, Iowa
Redesignated 13 July 1956 as the 236th Transportation Company and activated at Port Huron, Michigan
Location changed 1 November 1963 to Marine City, Michigan; on 15 March 1977 to Selfridge, Michigan
Inactivated 16 July 1979 at Selfridge, Michigan
Activated 16 September 2008 at Bay City, Michigan
Location changed 16 February 2009 to Decatur, Illinois
Ordered into active military service 20 April 2011 at Decatur, Illinois
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
World War II
New Guinea
Luzon
DECORATIONS
Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 1944 TO
4 JULY 1945
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Center of Military History