Showing posts with label 766th Transportation Battalion. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 766th Transportation Battalion. Show all posts

U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1861-1985 Railway Units Group 1

Railway Units Personnel List (Sorted by Unit, Then Last Name)

Unit Name Date Service Number
714th Railway Operating Battalion Frank, Sherman C. Sep 1944 35499189
714th Railway Operating Battalion Frank, Sherman C. Oct 1944 35499189
714th Railway Operating Battalion Gambill, Dolphus N. Sep 1944 35417629
714th Railway Operating Battalion Resoff, Wallace C. Dec 1944 399516
724th Railway Operating Battalion Poole, Walter L. Jul 1945 34888800
732nd Railway Operating Battalion Piker, Elmer G. Mar 1945 38233465
733rd Railway Operating Battalion Beavers, Clarence R. Apr 1944 35-894-739
733rd Railway Operating Battalion Ford, Preston W. Apr 1944 38-520-322
735th Railway Operating Battalion Frazier, John E. Aug 1945 35768924
743rd Railway Operating Battalion Bello, Kenneth Mar 1944 32-881-027
743rd Railway Operating Battalion Lukasiewicz, Thomas S. Jul 1945 36712687
764th Railway Shop Battalion Dillon, Roland O. Feb 1945 32857414
764th Railway Shop Battalion Doss, Martin A. May 1944 36764802
791st Railway Operating Battalion Alvarez, Miguel A. Aug 1943 39835580
791st Railway Operating Battalion Cook, Lewis W. May 1944 33157232
See the application cards for this group here

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