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40th Engineer Company

Lineage and Honors Information as of 6 February 2009

40th Engineer Company Lineage

Constituted 13 August 1943 in the Army of the United States as the 786th Engineer Petroleum Distribution Company

Activated 14 August 1943 at Camp Claiborne, Louisiana

Inactivated 17 December 1945 at Camp Myles Standish, Massachusetts

Redesignated 10 November 1948 as the 40th Engineer Petroleum Distribution Company

Activated 16 December 1948 on Guam

Inactivated 27 January 1950 on Guam

Allotted 31 October 1950 to the Regular Army

Activated 4 November 1950 at Fort Belvoir, Virginia

Reorganized and redesignated 23 July 1951 as the 40th Engineer Pipeline Company

Reorganized and redesignated 15 June 1954 as the 40th Engineer Company

Inactivated 21 December 1956 in France

Activated 25 September 1959 in Korea

Inactivated 15 September 1972 in Korea

Activated 16 October 2008 at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico

40th Engineer Company Honors

Campaign Participation Credit

World War II: Normandy, Northern France, Rhineland, Ardennes-Alsace

Decorations

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered EUROPEAN THEATER


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