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- Withdrawn 21 June 1973 from the Regular Army and allotted to the Army Reserve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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