Lineage and Honors Information as of 22 Sept 2021
42d Engineer Company
- Constituted 21 July 1944 in the Army of the United States as the 2813th Engineer Petroleum Distribution Company
- Activated 30 September 1944 at Camp Claiborne, Louisiana
- Inactivated 31 May 1946 in the Philippines
- Redesignated 7 August 1947 as the 42d Engineer Dump Truck Company
- Activated 1 September 1947 in Germany
- Allotted 4 September 1951 to the Regular Army
- Inactivated 20 October 1953 in Germany
- Redesignated 25 October 1954 as the 42d Engineer Company and activated at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri
- Inactivated 1 September 1960 at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri
- Assigned 1 September 1963 to the Berlin Brigade and activated in Germany
- Inactivated 15 May 1994 in Germany and relieved from assignment to the Berlin Brigade
- Activated 16 February 2010 in Germany
Campaign Participation Credit
- World War II
- Rhineland
- Central Europe
- Asiatic-Pacific Theater,
- Streamer without inscription
- War on Terrorism
- Campaigns to be determined
Decorations
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN 2012
- Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 1993-1994
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
CHARLES R. BOWERY, JR.
Chief of Military History