Lineage and Honors Information as of 26 August 2015
353d Transportation Company
- Constituted 1 July 1936 in the Organized Reserves as Company D, 472d Quartermaster Regiment
- Redesignated 1 April 1942 a Company D, 472d Quartermaster Truck Regiment
- Ordered into active military service 15 February 1943 and organized at Camp Sutton, North Carolina
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 December 1943 as the 372d Quartermaster Truck Company
- Inactivated 19 December 1945 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey
- Converted and redesignated 1 August 1946 as the 3724th Transportation Corps Truck Company
- Redesignated 29 April 1947 as the 353d Transportation Truck Company
- Activated 14 May 1947 at Sioux City, Iowa
- (Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)
- Inactivated 22 May 1950 at Sioux City, Iowa
- Redesignated 21 March 1952 as the 353d Transportation Heavy Truck Company
- Activated 15 April 1952 at Sioux City, Iowa
- Reorganized and redesignated 7 April 1953 as the 353d Transportation Company
- Location changed 18 May 1959 to Faribault, Minnesota; on 6 September 1968 to Buffalo, Minnesota
- Ordered into active military service 10 February 2003 at Buffalo, Minnesota; released from active military service 9 February 2004 and reverted to reserve status
- Ordered into active military service 28 July 2008 at Buffalo, Minnesota; released from active military service 31 August 2009 and reverted to reserve status
Campaign Participation Credit
- World War II
- Asiatic-Pacific Theater
- Streamer without inscription
- War on Terrorism
- Campaigns to be determined
Decorations
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered INDIA JANUARY- JUNE 1944
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered INDIA JULY-DECEMBER 1944
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2008-2009
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
RICHARD W. STEWART
Chief of Military History
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