Lineage And Honors Information
Lineage and Honors Information as of 7 September 2016
502d Transportation Detachment
- Constituted 10 January 1966 in the Regular Army as the 502d Transportation Detachment
- Activated 13 January 1966 at Fort Wainwright, Alaska
- Inactivated 7 February 1966 at Fort Wainwright, Alaska
- Activated 15 September 1966 at Fort Lewis, Washington
- Inactivated 25 November 1968 in Vietnam
- Withdrawn 20 July 1995 from the Regular Army and allotted to the Army Reserve
- Activated 1 September 1997 at Van Nuys, California
- Location changed 6 October 2002 to Sherman Oaks, California
- Ordered into active military service 2 February 2003 at Sherman Oaks, California; released from active military service 5 May 2005 and reverted to reserve status
- Location changed 15 May 2004 to Los Alamitos, California
- Ordered into active military service 11 October 2009 at Los Alamitos, California; released from active military service 14 November 2010 and reverted to reserve status
Campaign Participation Credit
- Vietnam
- Counteroffensive, Phase III
- Tet Counteroffensive
- Counteroffensive, Phase IV
- Counteroffensive, Phase V
- Counteroffensive, Phase VI
- War on Terrorism
- Campaigns to be determined
Decorations
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1967-1968
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA 2003-2004
- Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1967-1968
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
CHARLES R. BOWERY, JR.
Chief of Military History