Lineage And Honors Information
Lineage and Honors Information as of 7 April 2017
259th Transportation Detachment
- Constituted 3 November 1944 in the Army of the United States as the 3346th Quartermaster Service Detachment
- Activated 28 January 1945 in New Guinea
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 March 1945 as the 3346th Quartermaster Driver Detachment
- Inactivated 10 October 1945 in New Guinea
- Converted and redesignated 1 August 1946 as the 3346th Transportation Corps Driver Detachment
- Redesignated 15 March 1965 as the 259th Transportation Detachment and allotted to the Regular Army
- Activated 26 March 1965 at Fort Eustis, Virginia
- Inactivated 30 April 1972 in Vietnam
- Activated 16 March 1979 at Fort Hood, Texas
Campaign Participation Credit
- World War II
- Asiatic-Pacific Theater,
- Streamer without inscription
- Vietnam
- Defense
- Counteroffensive
- Counteroffensive, Phase II
- Counteroffensive, Phase III
- Tet Counteroffensive
- Counteroffensive, Phase IV
- Counteroffensive, Phase V
- Counteroffensive, Phase VI
- Tet 69/Counteroffensive
- Summer-Fall 1969
- Winter-Spring 1970
- Sanctuary Counteroffensive
- Counteroffensive, Phase VII
- Consolidation I
- Consolidation II
- Cease-Fire
- Southwest Asia
- Defense of Saudi Arabia
- Liberation and Defense of Kuwait
- Cease-Fire
- War on Terrorism
- Afghanistan:
- Consolidation III
- (Additional campaigns to be determined)
Decorations
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1965-1966
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1968
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1970-1971
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA 1990-1991
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA 2003
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2007-2008
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN 2010-2011
- Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 1996-1997
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
CHARLES R. BOWERY, JR.
Chief of Military History