Lineage and Honors Information as of 1 February 2011
261st TRANSPORTATION DETACHMENT
Constituted 3 November 1944 in the Army of the United States as the 3349th Quartermaster Service Detachment
Activated 28 January 1945 in New Guinea
Reorganized and redesignated 1 March 1945 as the 3349th Quartermaster Driver Detachment
Inactivated 10 October 1945 in the Philippines
Converted and redesignated 1 August 1946 as the 3349th Transportation Corps Driver Detachment
Redesignated 22 April 1965 as the 261st Transportation Detachment and allotted to the Regular Army
Activated 4 May 1965 at Fort Eustis, Virginia
Inactivated 24 December 1968 in Vietnam
Activated 1 September 1981 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina
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
Southwest Asia
Defense of Saudi Arabia
Liberation and Defense of Kuwait
Cease-Fire
War on Terrorism
Iraq:
National Resolution
Iraqi Surge
(Additional campaigns to be determined)
DECORATIONS
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1966-1967
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1967-1968
261st Transportation DETACHMENT
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
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
PETER D. CREAN
COL, LG
Director, Center of Military History