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Lineage and Honors Information as of 26 August 2015

512th Transportation Detachment

  • Constituted 23 March 1966 in the Regular Army as the 512th Transportation Detachment
  • Activated 1 June 1966 at Fort Eustis, Virginia
  • Inactivated 10 December 1970 in Vietnam
  • Withdrawn 21 June 1973 from the Regular Army and allotted to the Army Reserve
  • Activated 16 September 1991 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina
  • Inactivated 15 February 1996 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina
  • Activated 16 September 2007 at Roosevelt Roads, Puerto Rico
  • Location changed 16 January 2009 to St. Thomas, Virgin Islands
  • Ordered into active military service 29 January 2010 at St. Thomas, Virgin Islands; released from active military service 4 March 2011 and reverted to reserve status
  • Ordered into active military service 28 August 2014 at St. Thomas, Virgin Islands

Campaign Participation Credit

  • Vietnam
  • Counteroffensive, Phase II
  • Counteroffensive, Phase III
  • Tet Counteroffensive
  • Counteroffensive, Phase IV
  • Counteroffensive, Phase V
  • Counteroffensive, Phase VI
  • Tet 69/Counteroffensive
  • Summer-Fall 1969
  • Winter-Spring 1970
  • Sanctuary Counteroffensive
  • Counteroffensive, Phase VII
  • War on Terrorism
  • Campaigns to be determined

Decorations

  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1967-1968

By Order of the Secretary of the Army:

RICHARD W. STEWART
Chief of Military History


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