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Lineage and Honors Information as of 1 February 2011

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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


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