Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment
359th Transportation Battalion
Lineage and Honors Information as of 16 April 2008
Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment
359th Transportation Battalion Lineage
Constituted 13 April 1944 in the Army of the United States as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 359th Port Battalion
Activated 1 June 1944 in Italy
Inactivated 17 November 1945 at Camp Plauche, Louisiana
Allotted 11 March 1947 to the Organized Reserves
Activated 26 March 1947 at Newport News, Virginia
Redesignated 13 October 1947 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 359th Transportation Port Battalion
(Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)
Reorganized and redesignated 31 August 1950 as Headquarters and Headquarters and Service Company, 359th Transportation Port Battalion
Reorganized and redesignated 18 February 1955 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 359th Transportation Battalion
Location changed June-December 1965 to Hampton, Virginia; on 1 November 1993 to Fort Eustis, Virginia
Ordered into active military service 10 February 2003 at Fort Eustis, Virginia; released from active military service 25 July 2004 and reverted to reserve status
Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment
359th Transportation Battalion Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
World War II: Rome-Arno, North Apennines
Decorations
None