Lineage and Honors Information as of 8 April 2011
38th ENGINEER COMPANY
Organized 15 July 1942 in the Regular Army at Fort Riley, Kansas, as Company E, 9th Armored Engineer Battalion, an element of the 9th Armored Division
Reorganized and redesignated 9 October 1943 as the 993d Engineer Treadway Bridge Company, and relieved from assignment to the 9th Armored Division
Inactivated 20 January 1946 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey
Redesignated 30 January 1947 as the 546th Engineer Treadway Bridge Company
Redesignated 9 December 1947 as the 48th Engineer Treadway Bridge Company
Redesignated 13 July 1951 as the 38th Engineer Panel Bridge Company
Activated 1 August 1951 at Camp McCoy, Wisconsin
Redesignated 20 August 1954 as the 38th Engineer Company
Inactivated 15 September 2003 in Germany
Assigned 1 June 2006 to the 4th Brigade Combat Team, 2d Infantry Division, and activated at Fort Lewis, Washington
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
World War II
Normandy
Northern France
Rhineland
Ardennes-Alsace
Central Europe
Southwest Asia
Defense of Saudi Arabia
Liberation and Defense of Kuwait
Cease-Fire
War on Terrorism
Iraq:
Iraqi Surge
(Additional campaigns to be determined)
DECORATIONS
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2007-2008
Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 1995-1996
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Center of Military History