4^th/152^nd Reunion Association

A HISTORY OF THE U S ARMY 4^th HELICOPTER COMPANY

JUNE 1952--MARCH 1973

INCLUDING THE

152^nd TRANSPORTATION DET (CHFM)

506^th TRANSPORTATION HELICOPTER COMPANY

4^th TRANSPORTATION HELICOPTER COMPANY

4^th AVIATION COMPANY


LINEAGE

4^th 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