Lineages and Honors Information
Transportation
Lineage and Honors Information as of 26 March 2018
271st Transportation Detachment
- Constituted 3 November 1944 in the Army of the United States as the 3374th Quartermaster Service Detachment
- Activated 12 December 1944 in the Philippines
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 April 1945 as the 3374th Quartermaster Driver Detachment
- Inactivated 10 October 1945 in the Philippines
- Converted and redesignated 1 August 1946 as the 3374th Transportation Corps Driver Detachment
- Redesignated 23 April 1965 as the 271st Transportation Detachment and allotted to the Regular Army
- Activated 27 April 1965 at Fort Eustis, Virginia
- Inactivated 4 June 1971 in Vietnam
- Activated 16 September 1979 in Germany
- Inactivated 1 May 1986 in Germany
- Activated 1 August 1991 at Fort McPherson, Georgia
- Inactivated 28 February 1992 in Saudi Arabia
- Activated 17 May 2008 at Fort Eustis, Virginia
Campaign Participation Credit
- World War II
- Leyte
- 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
- Southwest Asia
- Cease-Fire
- War on Terrorism
- Campaigns to be determined
Decorations
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1965-1966
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1966-1967
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1967-1968
- Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 1944 TO 4 JULY 1945
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
CHARLES R. BOWERY, JR.
Chief of Military History