541st Transportation Company
Lineage and Honors Information as of 26 August 2009
541st Transportation Company Lineage
Constituted 1 May 1936 in the Regular Army as Company E, 2d Battalion, 48th Quartermaster Regiment
Activated 15 October 1939 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina
Reorganized and redesignated 1 April 1942 as Company E, 2d Battalion, 48th Quartermaster Truck Regiment
Reorganized and redesignated 2 December 1943 as the 3525th Quartermaster Truck Company
Converted and redesignated 1 August 1946 as the 3525th Transportation Corps Truck Company
Redesignated 30 June 1947 as the 541st Transportation Truck Company
Reorganized and redesignated 1 April 1954 as the 541st Transportation Company
Inactivated 15 March 1971 in Vietnam
Activated 1 September 1981 at Fort Campbell, Kentucky
541st Transportation Company Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
World War II: East Indies; Papua; New Guinea; Luzon
Korean War: UN Defensive; UN Offensive; CCF Intervention; First UN Counteroffensive; CCF Spring Offensive; UN Summer-Fall Offensive; Second Korean Winter; Korea, Summer-Fall 1952; Third Korean Winter; Korea, Summer 1953
Vietnam: Defense; Counteroffensive; 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
Southwest Asia: Defense of Saudi Arabia; Liberation and Defense of Kuwait; Cease-Fire
War on Terrorism: Campaigns to be determined
Decorations
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1965-1966
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1969-1970
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA 1990-1991
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA 2003-2004
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA 2004-2005
Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 1944 TO 4 JULY 1945
Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 1950
Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 1950-1952
Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Gold Star, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1968-1971