Lineages and Honors Information
Transportation

Lineage and Honors Information as of 23 August 2018

296th Transportation Company

Constituted 1 March 1944 in the Army of the United States as the 110th Port Marine Maintenance Company, Transportation Corps
Activated 1 April 1944 at Camp Plauche, Louisiana
Inactivated 14 November 1945 at Camp Gordon Johnston, Florida
Redesignated 24 December 1947 as the 296th Transportation Port Company and allotted to the Organized Reserves
Activated 14 January 1948 at Boston, Massachusetts
(Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; on 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)
Location changed 30 March 1949 to Springfield, Massachusetts
Inactivated 27 January 1950 at Springfield, Massachusetts
Redesignated 24 November 1967 as the 296th Transportation Company
Activated 31 January 1968 at Lynn, Massachusetts
Location changed 16 June 1969 to Lawrence, Massachusetts; on 1 December 1974 to Topsfield, Massachusetts; on 25 August 1976 to Brookhaven, Mississippi
Ordered into active military service 11 October 1990 at Brookhaven, Mississippi; released from active military service 20 April 1991 and reverted to reserve status
Ordered into active military service 1 November 2002 and 16 January 2003 at Brookhaven, Mississippi; released from active military service 31 October 2003 and 20 April 2004 and reverted to reserve status
Ordered into active military service 6 July 2009 at Brookhaven, Mississippi; released from active military service 9 August 2010 and reverted to reserve status

Campaign Participation Credit

Decorations

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA 1990-1991
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2009-2010

By Order of the Secretary of the Army:

CHARLES R. BOWERY, JR.
Chief of Military History