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Unit History, Compiled by Cleve Bowdoin: Linage, History, Company Commanders, Time Line
6 May 2004 ACB
A HISTORY OF THE
U S ARMY
4TH HELICOPTER COMPANY
JUNE 1952--MARCH 1973
INCLUDING THE
152ND TRANSPORTATION DET (CHFM)
506TH TRANSPORTATION HELICOPTER COMPANY
4TH TRANSPORTATION HELICOPTER COMPANY
4TH AVIATION COMPANY
LINEAGE
4TH AVIATION COMPANY
Constituted 1 May 1936 in the Regular Army as Company D, 23d Quartermaster Regiment
Redesignated 1 Apr 1942 as Company D, 23d Quartermaster Truck Regiment
Activated 20 Apr 1942 at Camp Chaffee, Arkansas
Reorganized and redesignated 15 Dec 1943 as the 3344th Quartermaster Truck Company
Converted and redesignated 1 Aug 1946 as the 3344th Transportation Corps Truck Company
Inactivated 31 Dec 1946 in Korea
Redesignated 6 Mar 1947 as the 4th Transportation Corps Truck Company
Redesignated 19 Aug 1947 as the 4th Transportation Truck Company
Activated 1 Sep 1947 at Ladd Field, Alaska
Inactivated 23 Aug 1948 at Eiel son Air Force Base, AK
Activated 15 Jun 1950 at Fort Mason, California
Inactivated 15 Jul 1953 at Eniwetok Atoll, Marshall Is.
Consolidated 18 May 1956 with the 506th Transportation Company (see ANNEX) and consolidated unit reorganized and redesignated as the 4th Transportation Company
Converted and redesignated 25 May 1965 as the 4th Aviation Company
Inactivated 29 Mar 1973 in Germany
ANNEX
Constituted 28 May 1952 in the Regular Army as the 506th Transportation Helicopter Company
Activated 17 Jun 1952 at Fort Sill, Oklahoma
Reorganized and redesignated 15 Sep 1952 as the 506th Transportation Company
Consolidated 18 May 1956 with the 4th Transportation Company and consolidated unit redesignated as the 4th Transportation Company
HONORS
4TH AVIATION COMPANY
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
None
DECORATIONS
Meritorious Unit Commendation, Streamer embroidered PACIFIC THEATER 1945
Meritorious Unit Commendation, Streamer embroidered PACIFIC THEATER 1946