| Unit Name: | 7th Transportation Battalion |
| Country: | United States |
| Branch: | United States Army |
| Type: | Transportation |
| Size: | Battalion |
| Identification Symbol Label: | Distinctive Unit Insignia |
The 7th Transportation Battalion is a transportation battalion in the United States Army first constituted in 1943. The 7th Transportation Battalion participated in World War II, Vietnam and Desert Storm/Desert Shield.
Constituted 17 June 1943 in the Army of the United States as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 7th Quartermaster Troop Transport Battalion
Activated 25 August 1943 at Camp Livingston, Louisiana
Redesignated 30 November 1943 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 7th Quartermaster Battalion, Mobile
Inactivated 14 November 1945 at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri
Converted and redesignated 1 August 1946 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 7th Transportation Corps Truck Battalion
Redesignated 16 October 1952 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 7th Transportation Battalion, and allotted to the Regular Army
Activated 17 November 1952 at Camp Atterbury, Indiana
Redesignated 25 June 1959 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 7th Transportation Battalion
Inactivated 30 March 1972 at Fort Lewis, Washington
Activated 21 July 1974 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina
Inactivated 19 August 2011 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina http://fayobserver.com/articles/2011/08/19/1116720?sac=Home
World War II: Rhineland; Central Europe
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; Consolidation I; Consolidation II
Southwest Asia: Defense of Saudi Arabia; Liberation and Defense of Kuwait; Cease-Fire