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Lineage and Honors Information as of 16 June 2011

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319th TRANSPORTATION COMPANY

 

        Constituted 10 March 1922 in the Organized Reserves as Motor Transport Company No. 593

        Organized about November 1922 in New York, New York

        Redesignated 23 March 1925 as the 593d Motor Transport Company

        Reorganized and redesignated 1 July 1936 as Company I, 3d Battalion, 472d Quartermaster Regiment

        Redesignated 1 April 1942 as Company I, 3d Battalion, 472d Quartermaster Truck Regiment

        Ordered into active military service 15 February 1943 at Camp Sutton, North Carolina

        Reorganized and redesignated 1 December 1943 as the 3729th Quartermaster Truck Company

        Inactivated 19 December 1945 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey

        Converted and redesignated 1 August 1946 as the 3729th Transportation Corps Truck Company

        Redesignated 19 May 1947 as the 319th Transportation Truck Company

        Activated 1 June 1947 at Albany, Georgia

        (Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)

        Inactivated 1 April 1950 at Albany, Georgia

        Activated 1 January 1951 at Savannah, Georgia

        Inactivated 1 February 1952 at Savannah, Georgia

        Redesignated 18 July 1955 as the 319th Transportation Company

        Activated 29 July 1955 at Macon, Georgia

        Location changed 1 February 1957 to Cartersville, Georgia

        Inactivated 15 November 1957 at Cartersville, Georgia

        Activated 1 June 1959 at Fort Valley, Georgia

        Location changed 1 November 1959 to Albany, Georgia

        Ordered into active military service 15 October 1961 at Albany, Georgia; released from active military service 12 August 1962 and reverted to reserve status

        Location changed 31 December 1965 to Augusta, Georgia

        Ordered into active military service 13 May 1968 at Augusta, Georgia; released from active military service 19 August 1969 and reverted to reserve status

        Ordered into active military service 17 November 1990 at Augusta, Georgia; released from active military service 2 June 1991 and reverted to reserve status

        Element ordered into active military service 1 November 2002 at Augusta, Georgia; remainder of company ordered into active military service 16 January 2003 at Augusta, Georgia

Element released from active military service 31 October 2003 and reverted to reserve status; remainder of company released from active military service 15 January 2004 and reverted to reserve status

        Ordered into active military service 30 March 2010 at Augusta, Georgia; released from active military service 3 May 2011 and reverted to reserve status

 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

                                                        World War II
                                                        Asiatic-Pacific Theater,
                                                            Streamer without inscription

                                                        Vietnam
                                                        Counteroffensive, Phase V
                                                        Counteroffensive, Phase VI
                                                        Tet 69/Counteroffensive
                                                        Summer-Fall 1969

                                                        Southwest Asia
                                                        Liberation and Defense of Kuwait
                                                        Cease-Fire

                                                        War on Terrorism
                                                        Campaigns to be determined

 

DECORATIONS

        Presidential Unit Citation (Navy), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2003

        Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered INDIA JAN-JUN 1944

        Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered INDIA JUL-DEC 1944

        Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1968-1969

        Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA 1991

BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY: 

 

 

ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Center of Military History


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