Lineages and Honors Information
Transportation
Lineage and Honors Information as of 26 March 2018
516th Transportation Detachment
- Constituted 23 March 1966 in the Regular Army as the 516th Transportation Detachment
- Activated 1 June 1966 at Fort Eustis, Virginia
- Inactivated 25 October 1966 at Fort Eustis, Virginia
- Assigned 20 October 1968 to the 101st Airborne Division and activated in Vietnam
- Inactivated 25 April 1971 in Vietnam
- Activated 21 October 1972 at Fort Campbell, Kentucky
- Inactivated 21 June 1973 at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, and relieved from assignment to the 101st Airborne Division
- Withdrawn 3 October 1989 from the Regular Army and allotted to the Army Reserve
- Activated 16 September 1991 at Manhattan, Kansas
- Location changed 17 September 1999 to St. Louis, Missouri
- Ordered into active military service 7 December 2003 at St. Louis, Missouri; released from active military service 3 June 2005 and reverted to reserve status
- Ordered into active military service 21 January 2012 at St. Louis, Missouri; released from active military service 23 February 2013 and reverted to reserve status
- Ordered into active military service 3 August 2017 at St. Louis, Missouri
Campaign Participation Credit
- Vietnam
- 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
- Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered TCHEPONE
- Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1968-1969
- Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1971
- Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1968-1970
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
CHARLES R. BOWERY, JR.
Chief of Military History