Lineages and Honors Information
Transportation

Lineage and Honors Information as of 13 March 2019

1454th Transportation Company

  • Organized 1 January 1889 in the North Carolina State Guard at Concord as Company G (Carbarrus Black Boys), 4th Regiment of Infantry
  • Mustered into Federal service 3-11 May 1898 at Raleigh as Company L, 1st North Carolina Volunteer Infantry; mustered out of Federal service 22 April 1899 at Savannah, Georgia, and resumed state status as Company L (Carbarrus Black Boys), 1st Regiment of Infantry
  • (North Carolina State Guard redesignated in 1903 as the North Carolina National Guard)
  • Mustered into Federal service 19 June 1916; mustered out of Federal service 12-17 February 1917
  • Drafted into Federal service 5 August 1917
  • Company broken up 12 September 1917 with personnel being transferred to various elements in the 30th Division
  • 30th Division demobilized 7 May 1919 at Camp Jackson, South Carolina
  • Reorganized and Federally recognized 19 November 1920 in the North Carolina Army National Guard at Concord as Company E, 1st Infantry Regiment
  • Redesignated 8 November 1921 as Company E, 120th Infantry, an element of the 30th Division (later redesignated as the 30th Infantry Division)
  • Inducted into Federal service 16 September 1940 at Concord
  • Inactivated 24 November 1945 at Camp Jackson, South Carolina
  • Reorganized and Federally recognized 13 March 1947 at Concord
  • Reorganized and redesignated 1 April 1959 as Headquarters Company, 3d Battle Group, 120th Infantry, an element of the 30th Infantry Division
  • Converted and redesignated 10 March 1963 as Headquarters Troop, 1st Squadron, 196th Cavalry, an element of the 30th Infantry Division
  • Converted and redesignated 1 December 1973 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 196th Transportation Battalion, and relieved from assignment to the 30th Infantry Division
  • Consolidated 1 September 1980 with the 1454th Transportation Company (organized and Federally recognized 1 May 1971) and consolidated unit designated as the 1454th Transportation Company
  • Ordered into active Federal service 20 September 1990 at Concord; released 6 May 1991 from active Federal service and reverted to state control
  • Ordered into active Federal service 11 September 1997 at Concord; released 7 June 1998 from active Federal service and reverted to state control
  • Ordered into active Federal service 16 January 2003 at Concord; released from active Federal service 20 April 2004 and reverted to state control
  • Ordered into active Federal service 11 February 2009 at Concord; released from active Federal service 17 March 2010 and reverted to state control
  • HOME STATION: Concord

Campaign Participation Credit

  • World War I
  • Somme Offensive
  • Ypres-Lys
  • Flanders 1918
  • World War II
  • Normandy
  • Northern France
  • Rhineland
  • Ardennes-Alsace
  • Central Europe
  • Southwest Asia
  • Defense of Saudi Arabia
  • Liberation and Defense of Kuwait
  • Cease-Fire
  • War on Terrorism
  • Campaigns to be determined

Decorations

  • Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered MORTAIN
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA
  • French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II, Streamer embroidered MORTAIN
  • French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II, Streamer embroidered FRANCE
  • Belgian Fourragere 1940
  • Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in Belgium
  • Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in the Ardennes

By Order of the Secretary of the Army:

CHARLES R. BOWERY, JR.
Chief of Military History


Return to Branch Index