Headquarters and Headquarters Company
483d Transportation Battalion


Constituted 31 July 1942 in the Army of the United States as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 483d Quartermaster Battalion

Activated 30 September 1942 at Indiantown Gap Military Reservation, Pennsylvania, as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 483d Port Battalion, Transportation Corps

Reorganized and redesignated 24 January 1944 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 483d Port Battalion

Inactivated 28 November 1945 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey

Redesignated 2 November 1948 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 483d Transportation Port Battalion, and allotted to the Organized Reserve Corps

Activated 5 December 1948 at Los Angeles, California

Reorganized and redesignated 1 March 1950 as Headquarters, Headquarters and Service Company, 483d Transportation Port Battalion

Inactivated 30 November 1950 at Los Angeles, California

(Organized Reserve Corps redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)

Redesignated 16 April 1956 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 483d Transportation Battalion


Activated 7 May 1956 at Oakland, California

Ordered into active military service 15 October 1961 at Oakland, California; released 5 August 1962 from active military service and reverted to reserve status

Location changed 20 January 1968 to the Presidio of San Francisco, California; on 1 July 1972 to Oakland, California

Reorganized and redesignated 15 January 1972 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 483d Transportation Battalion

Location changed 25 July 2000 to Vallejo, California


Headquarters and Headquarters Company
483d Transportation Battalion
Campaign Participation Credit


World War II: Asiatic-Pacific Theater, Streamer without inscription; Normandy; Northern France


Decorations


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