Constituted 1 May 1936 in the Regular Army as 96th Quartermaster Battalion (Bakery).
Activated 20 April 1942 at Camp Crowder, Missouri.
Redesignated 4 July 1942 as 96th Quartermaster Bakery Battalion.
Reorganized 15 September 1943, and elements reorganized and redesignated as follows:
    Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 96th Quartermaster Battalion.
    (Companies A-D as 109th - 112th Quartermaster Bakery Companies, respectively; separate lineages).
Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 96th Quartermaster Battalion inactivated 15 March 1947 in Germany.
Redesignated 9 May 1949 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 96th Quartermaster Service Battalion.
Activated 1 June 1949 in Philippine Islands.
Inactivated 22 July 1949 in Philippine Islands.
Redesignated 22 December 1949 as Headquarters, 96th Quartermaster Service Battalion.
Activated 27 January 1950 at Guam.
Inactivated 26 June 1950 at Guam.
Redesignated 7 December 1950 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 96th Quartermaster Battalion.
Activated 19 December 1950 in Korea.
Inactivated 25 September 1958 at Fort Hood, Texas.
96th Quartermaster Battalion activated 21 October 1961 at Fort Lee, Virginia (Organic elements constituted 12 October  1961 in the Regular Army).
Inactivated 6 July 1962 at Fort Lee, Virginia.
Activated 26 March 1963 at Fort Riley, Kansas.
Battalion reorganized 20 July 1966, and elements reorganized and redesignated or inactivated as follows:
    Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 96th Quartermaster Battalion reorganized and  redesignated as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 96th Supply and Services Battalion.
    (Companies A and B, 96th Quartermaster Battalion inactivated in Vietnam.)
Inactivated 1 September 1968 in Vietnam.