title: 10th Transportation Battalion (United States)
text: # 10th Transportation Battalion (United States)
  
  The 10th Transportation Battalion is a transportation battalion of the United States Army first constituted in 1942. The 10th Transportation is a subordinate unit of the 7th Transportation Brigade.
  
  ## Lineage
  
  Constituted 6 July 1942 in the Army of the United States as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 10th Port of Embarkation
  
  Activated 25 July 1942 at the San Francisco Port of Embarkation, California
  
  Converted and redesignated 7 November 1942 as the 10th Port Headquarters and Headquarters Company, Transportation Corps
  
  Inactivated 31 January 1947 in Italy
  
  Redesignated 23 August 1954 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 10th Transportation Battalion, and allotted to the Regular Army
  
  Activated 2 September 1954 at Fort Eustis, Virginia
  
  Reorganized and redesignated 30 November 1971 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 10th Transportation Battalion
  
  ## Campaign participation credit
  
  World War II: Sicily; North Apennines; Rome-Arno
  
  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
  
  Southwest Asia: Defense of Saudi Arabia; Liberation and Defense of Kuwait; Cease-Fire
  
  ## Decorations
  
  * Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for EUROPEAN THEATER
  * Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for VIETNAM 1965–1966
  * Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for VIETNAM 1967–1968
  * Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for SOUTHWEST ASIA
  