| 551st Transportation Company (Terminal Service) |
| The 551st Transportation Company (Terminal Service), commonly known as "The Pace Setters",came to the 4th Transportation Command (TML C) from Cam Ranh Bay Support Command during March 1967. At their previous location, the unit had been assigned the mission of operating the DeLong Ammunition Pier under the 10th Transportation Battalion (Terminal). Upon arrival in the Saigon area, the unit was assigned to the US Army Terminal, Newport, and charged with the responsibility of discharge and backloading of deep draft vessels at two berths in the Newport complex and operation of four in-transit storage sheds. The unit has handled virtually all types of cargo in its area of operations to include ammunition and refrigerated cargo. |
| Lineage and Honors Constituted 1 May 1936 as Company H, 48th Quartermaster Regiment Activated 20 October 1939 at Fort Benning, Georgia, as Company H, 48th Quartermaster Regiment (Truck-Corps) Inactivated 13 January 1941 at Fort Benning, Georgia Activated 25 February 1942 at Camp Davis, North Carolina Redesignated 2 December 1943 as 3528th Quartermaster Truck Company (Troop) Converted and redesignated 1 August 1946 as 3528th Transportation Corps Truck Company Redesignated 30 June 1947 as 551st Transportation Truck Company, (Troop) Redesignated 8 April 1954 as 551st Transportation Company (Light Truck) Inactivated 10 May 1955 in Korea Activated 1 June 1957 in Germany Inactivated 1 July 1958 in Germany Activated 25 May 1966 at Fort Eustis, Virginia as 551st Transportation Company (Terminal Service) Inactivated 30 June 1971 in Vietnam Activated 2 March 1972 at Fort Eustis, Virginia |
| Campaign Participation Credit World War II-AP East Indies New Guinea Luzon Southern Philippines Korean War CCF Intervention First UN Counteroffensive CCF Spring Offensive UN Summer-Fall Offensive Second Korean Winter Korea Summer-Fall 1952 Third Korean Winter Korea Summer 1953 Vietnam 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 Decorations Meritorious Unit Commendation, Streamer embroidered PACIFIC THEATER Mertitorious Unit Commendation, Streamer embroidered KOREA Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 1944 To 4 July 1945 Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 1950-1952 Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 1952-1953 |
| Members of the 551st Transportation Company in Vietnam |
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| William Siller John E. Liddle John Scott David Colvin Stanley Howe Carl Groth Bill Mentzer Larry Clark Alfred E. Krabbenhoeft Harvey E. Arnold Larry Talbot Thomas Taylor Bob Shanta Robert Banbury R. Dale Taylor Gonzalo Contreros Jr Wayne Holck Fred Parker Jerry Lyons Warren Schaub Thomas P. Heck Dan Telarico Tim White John Shook Bill Hahn Glenn A Sexton Oscar White Phillip V.Cruz Randall Aragon |
| Tulsa, OK No Info No Info Tigard, OR Running Springs, CA Plainville, CT Columbia, PA Sioux Falls, SD Portage, IN Ft. Pierce, FL New Melle, MO Chancellor, AL Mission Viejo, CA Victorville, CA Logan, WV No Info Alexandria, MN No Info No Info No Info No Info Clyde, N.Y. Liverpool, N.Y. Ann Arbor, MI St Louis, MO Craig, CO N/A N/A Conway, AR |
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| Bill Siller Al Krabbenhoeft Fred Parker John Shook Jerry Lyons Warren Schaub Bob Shanta Larry Clark |
| Bill Hahn Glenn Sexton David Colven Harvey Arnold Dan Telarico Jim Townsend Randall Aragon |
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| Photo Courtesy Of United States Army Transportation Museum At Fort Eustis, Virginia |
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