Lineage and Honors Information as of 20 May 2015
Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment,
462d Transportation Battalion
- Constituted 15 March 1945 in the Army of the United States as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 26th Port Battalion, Transportation Corps
- Activated 10 April 1945 on Oahu, Hawaii
- Inactivated 6 January 1946 on Sand Island, Hawaii
- Redesignated 7 July 1947 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 462d Transportation Port Battalion, and allotted to the Organized Reserves
- Activated 15 July 1947 at Camden, New Jersey
- (Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)
- Reorganized and redesignated 24 February 1950 as Headquarters, Headquarters and Service Company, 462d Transportation Port Battalion
- Inactivated 12 July 1950 at Camden, New Jersey
- Redesignated 30 August 1955 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 462d Transportation Battalion
- Activated 23 September 1955 at Trenton, New Jersey
- Location changed 27 October 2003 to Fort Dix, New Jersey; on 1 April 2006 to Trenton, New Jersey
- Ordered into active military service 27 April 2010 at Trenton, New Jersey; released from active military service 31 May 2011 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
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
RICHARD W. STEWART, Ph.D.
Chief of Military History
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