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


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