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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