Lineage And Honors Information
Lineage and Honors Information as of 18 April 2014
639th Transportation Company
- Constituted 26 November 1943 in the Army of the United States as the 3634th Quartermaster Truck Company
- Activated 10 December 1943 in Tunisia
- Inactivated 11 February 1946 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey
- Converted and redesignated 1 August 1946 as the 3634th Transportation Corps Truck Company
- Redesignated 16 May 1948 as the 639th Transportation Truck Company and allotted to the Organized Reserve Corps
- Activated 8 June 1948 at Kingsport, Tennessee
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 February 1950 as the 639th Transportation Heavy Truck Company
- (Organized Reserve Corps redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)
- Reorganized and redesignated 30 April 1953 as the 639th Transportation Company
- Ordered into active military service 1 October 1961 at Kingsport, Tennessee; released from active military service 4 August 1962 and reverted to reserve status
- Ordered into active military service 17 November 1990 at Kingsport, Tennessee; released from active military service 5 July 1991 and reverted to reserve status
- Ordered into active military service 27 January 2003 at Kingsport, Tennessee; released from active military service 22 July 2004 and reverted to reserve status
- Inactivated 15 September 2006 at Kingsport, Tennessee
- Activated 16 September 2013 at Salem, Virginia
- Location changed 16 October 2013 to Bedford, Virginia
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
- World War II
- Rome-Arno
- Southern France (with arrowhead)
- Rhineland
- Southwest Asia
- Defense of Saudi Arabia
- Liberation and Defense of Kuwait
- Cease-Fire
DECORATIONS
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA 1991
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Center of Military History