266th Transportation Detachment
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[1]266th Transportation Detachment Lineage
Constituted 3 November 1944 in the Army of the United States as the 3361st Quartermaster Service Detachment
Activated 12 December 1944 in the Philippine Islands
Reorganized and redesignated 1 April 1945 as the 3361st Quartermaster Driver Detachment
Inactivated 24 September 1945 in the Philippine Islands
Converted and redesignated 1 August 1946 as the 3361st Transportation Corps Driver Detachment
Redesignated 22 April 1965 as the 266th Transportation Detachment and allotted to the Regular Army
Activated 4 May 1965 at Fort Eustis, Virginia
Inactivated 28 November 1971 in Vietnam
Activated 16 September 1979 at Fort Riley, Kansas
266th Transportation Detachment Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
World War II (Asiatic-Pacific Theater): Silver Band without campaign inscription
Vietnam: Defense; Counteroffensive; Counteroffensive, Phase II; Counteroffensive, Phase III; Tet Counteroffensive; Counteroffensive, Phase IV; Counteroffensive, Phase V; Counteroffensive, Phase VI; Tet 69/Counteroffensive; Summer-Fall 1969; Winter-Spring 1970; Sanctuary Counteroffensive; Counteroffensive, Phase VII; Consolidation I
Decorations
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for VIETNAM 1965-1966
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for VIETNAM 1966-1967
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for VIETNAM 1967-1968
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