Lineage And Honors Information
Lineage and Honors Information as of 17 February 2012
571st TRANSPORTATION DETACHMENT
- Constituted 3 November 1944 in Army of the United States as the 3330th Quartermaster Service Detachment
- Activated 12 December 1944 in the Philippines
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 April 1945 as the 3330th Quartermaster Driver Detachment
- Inactivated 10 October 1945 in the Philippines
- Converted and redesignated 1 August 1946 as the 3330th Transportation Corps Driver Detachment
- Redesignated 26 December 1950 as the 571st Transportation Driver Detachment and allotted to the Regular Army
- Activated 25 August 1951 in Korea
- Inactivated 1 November 1951 in Korea
- Redesignated 11 October 1954 as the 571st Transportation Detachment
- Activated 24 September 1954 at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii
- Inactivated 25 March 1958 at Wheeler Air Force Base, Hawaii
- Activated 10 December 1958 in Germany
- Inactivated 25 September 1961 in Germany
- Activated 23 March 1962 at Fort Benning, Georgia
- Inactivated 25 November 1968 in Vietnam
- Assigned 1 September 1969 to the 1st Cavalry Division and activated in Vietnam
- Inactivated 30 June 1971 in Vietnam and relieved from assignment to the 1st Cavalry Division
- Activated 16 March 1979 at Fort Hood, Texas
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
- World War II
- Leyte
- Luzon
- Korean War
- UN Summer-Fall Offensive
- Vietnam
- Advisory
- Defense
- Counteroffensive
- Counteroffensive, Phase II
- Counteroffensive, Phase III
- Tet Counteroffensive
- Counteroffensive, Phase IV
- Counteroffensive, Phase V
- Counteroffensive, Phase VI
- 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
- Iraq:
- Iraqi Surge
- (Additional campaigns to be determined)
DECORATIONS
- Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered DONG XOAI
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1967
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA 1990-1991
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2007-2008
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2009-2010
- Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 1944 TO 4 JULY 1945
- Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 1951
- Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1966-1967
- Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1967-1968
- Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1969-1970
- Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1969-1970
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Center of Military History