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


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