396th Transportation Detachment
Lineage and Honors Information as of 25 February 2003
396th Transportation Detachment Lineage
Constituted 3 November 1944 in the Army of the United States as the 3396th Quartermaster Service Detachment
Activated 15 December 1944 in New Guinea
Reorganized and redesignated 1 April 1945 as the 3396th Quartermaster Driver Detachment
Inactivated 10 October 1945 in New Guinea
Converted and redesignated 1 August 1946 as the 3396th Transportation Corps Driver Detachment
Redesignated 13 July 1965 as the 396th Transportation Detachment and allotted to the Regular Army
Activated 14 July 1965 at Fort Lewis, Washington
Inactivated 4 June 1971 in Vietnam
Activated 16 September 1979 at Fort Lewis, Washington
Inactivated 15 September 1997 at Fort Lewis, Washington
Activated 16 November 1999 at Fort Story, Virginia
396th 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
Southwest Asia: Defense of Saudi Arabia; Liberation and Defense of Kuwait; Cease-Fire
Decorations
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for VIETNAM 1967
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for SOUTHWEST ASIA