Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment
766th Transportation Battalion Lineage


Constituted 30 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

Allotted 16 April 1959 to the Army Reserve and redesignated as the 766th Transportation Battalion

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


Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment
766th Transportation Battalion Honors


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


Decorations


Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for SOUTHWEST ASIA

Army Superior Unit Award for 1993-1994