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Lineage and Honors Information as of 31 March 2015

274th Transportation Detachment

  • Constituted 3 November 1944 in the Army of the United States as the 3377th Quartermaster Service Detachment
  • Activated 12 December 1944 on Leyte, Philippines
  • Reorganized and redesignated 1 April 1945 as the 3377th Quartermaster Driver Detachment
  • Inactivated 10 October 1945 on Leyte, Philippines
  • Converted and redesignated 1 August 1946 as the 3377th Transportation Corps Driver Detachment
  • Redesignated 22 April 1965 as the 274th Transportation Detachment and allotted to the Regular Army
  • Activated 4 May 1965 at Fort Eustis, Virginia
  • Inactivated 30 June 1971 at Saigon, Vietnam
  • Activated 16 September 1979 at Rhein-Main, Germany
  • Inactivated 1 May 1986 at Oberursel, Germany
  • Activated 16 November 1994 at Fort Stewart, Georgia

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
  • War on Terrorism
  • Afghanistan:
  • Consolidation III
  • (Additional campaigns to be determined)

Decorations

  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1967
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2007-2008
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN 2010-2011
  • Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 1944 TO 4 JULY 1945

By Order of the Secretary of the Army:

Richard W. Stewart, Ph.D.
Director, Center of Military History


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