551st Transportation Company (Terminal Service)
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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 theSaigon area, the unit was
assigned to the US Army Terminal, Newport, and chargedwith 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
Stanley Howe
Carl Groth
Bill Mentzer
Larry Clark
Alfred E. Krabbenhoeft
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
Mandy Alvarez
Mike Crabb
Henry Hoogenboom
Hugh Guidi
Philip McManus
Armando Loya
Douglas Elliott
Harold Allrich
Dick Shepard
Jose Vidro-Tiru
Arthur F. Smeatin
Mark Moehle
Tim White
Dan Barnes
Barry Rohraf
Charles Eaton
Edward Kaeding
Daniel P. Nagel
Daniel L. Griswold
Robert T Hoffman
Stanley J. Phillips
Jack Hambleton
William J. Bertera
Roger Beich
Edward McGilton
Gonzalo Contreras
David Pangle
Jim Juillerat
Fred K. Rowell
Edward P. Apalakis
Bradley G. McInnis
Lawrence Newberry
Richard Rought
Pete Osmus
Wally L. Jarnagin
Hiram Driggers
Eugene Linn
Keith Kennedy
John Hammond
Theodore gillyard
Thomas E. Foland
David Norwalk
Boyce Irwin
Charles "Terry" Moore
Thomas E Forte
Lawrence Newberry
Mike Chisholm
Norman Fries
Rey Garza
Stan Howe
Michael Kitchen
William F. Ellis
Marc P. Coffeen
Edward A. DeWeese
Carl Brocksmith
James A. Stern
Wayne E. Lawless
John C. Orders
Joseph E. Blake
Robert L. La Fleur
Larry T. Burchett
David Colvin
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MHE Maintenance
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Company Clerk
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Convoy Shotgun To Newport
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Newport Security Guard
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Light Vehicle Driver (up to 2-1/2 ton)
Newport Stevedore
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Mess Cook
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Newport Security Guard
Newport Security Guard
Newport Security Guard
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Ship NCO - DD3
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Ship NCO - DD4
Rigger
Newport Stevedore
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Platoon Leader - Company Commander
Trans Movement Specialist
Heavy Equipment Crane Operator
Light Truck Driver
Newport Security Guard
Company Commander - Now Deceased
Newport Stevedore
Forklift Mechanic - Rigger & Welder
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Security Guard - Cogido Bien & Hoa Barge Sites
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Company Clerk
Newport Stevedore
Newport Stevedore - Now Deceased
Company Supply Sergeant
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Cook
Steveador-Security Guard
Newport Stevedore
Platoon Leader
Platoon Leader
Newport Security
Movement Specialist, Retrograde Yard
Steveador
Crane Operator
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Documentation NCOIC - DD3 - DD4
Documentation Clerk - 2nd Tour Supply Sgt
Driver
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Platoon Leader on DD#4
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Security Guard
Steveadore - Truck Driver
Documentation and Company Clerk
Steveador
Cargo Handler - Now Deceased
Steveador
Asst. Operations Officer, Newport - Company Commander
Company Commander - Platoon Leader Newport
Stevadore - Security Guard - Convoy Guard
Newport Stevedore
Set Up Company Area
Platoon Leader
Steveador
Personnel Clerk
Winch Operator
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Photo Courtesy Of United States Army Transportation Museum At Fort Eustis, Virginia
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The 551st Transportation Company In Vietnam
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