766th Transportation Battlion Heraldic



Department of the Army Emblem
Department of the Army - Lineage and Honors

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS DETACHMENT 766th TRANSPORTATION BATTALION

Constituted 28 August 1944 in the Army of the United States as the 766th Railway Shop Battalion, Transportation Corps

Activated 4 September 1944 at Camp Plauche, Louisiana

Inactivated 10 February 1946 in Germany

Redesignated 16 April 1959 as the 766th Transportation Battalion and allotted to the Army Reserve

Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 766th Transportation Battalion, activated 1 May 1959 at Gary, Indiana

Location changed in 1960 to East Chicago, Indiana

Inactivated 31 January 1968 at East Chicago, Indiana

Activated 15 March 1972 at Evansville, Indiana

Ordered into active military service 17 November 1990 at Evansville, Indiana; released from active military service 3 July 1991 and reverted to reserve status

Location changed 17 January 1999 to South Bend, Indiana

Ordered into active military service 7 December 2003 at South Bend, Indiana; released from active military service 3 June 2005 and reverted to reserve status

Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

World War II
European-African-Middle Eastern Theater,
Streamer without inscription

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 SOUTHWEST ASIA 1990-1991

Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 1993-1994



BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:

JEFFREY J. CLARKE
Chief of Military History

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