428th Transportation Company
Lineage and Honors Information as of 11 June 2002
428th Transportation Company Lineage
Constituted 15 April 1944 in the Army of the United States as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 147th Quartermaster Battalion, Mobile
Activated 7 June 1944 in Algeria
Inactivated 13 February 1946 at Camp Bowie, Texas
Converted and redesignated 1 August 1946 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 147th Transportation Corps Truck Battalion
Redesignated 26 August 1947 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 428th Transportation Highway Transport Division, and allotted to the Organized Reserves
Activated 24 February 1948 at Atlanta, Georgia
(Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)
Reorganized and redesignated 30 June 1952 as the 428th Transportation Highway Traffic Regulation Company
Inactivated 31 January 1953 at Atlanta, Georgia
Redesignated 9 December 1958 as the 428th Transportation Company
Activated 1 January 1959 at Albany, Georgia
Inactivated 15 January 1963 at Albany, Georgia
Activated 17 October 1995 at Jefferson City, Missouri
428th Transportation Company Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
World War II - EAME: Rome-Arno; Southern France (with arrowhead); Rhineland; Ardennes-Alsace; Central Europe
Decorations
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for EUROPEAN THEATER