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Lineage and Honors Information as of 20 December 2011

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224th ENGINEER COMPANY

 

            Organized 3 May 1900 in the Oregon National Guard at Albany as Company G, 4th Infantry

            Converted, reorganized, and redesignated 13 December 1911 as the 5th Company, Coast Artillery Corps

            Mustered into Federal service 25 July 1917 at Albany

            Drafted into Federal service 5 August 1917; concurrently reorganized and redesignated as the 5th Company, Columbia Coast Defense Command

            Demobilized 12 December 1918 at Fort Stevens, Oregon

            Reorganized and Federally recognized 22 March 1921 as the 5th Company, Coast Artillery Corps

            Redesignated 31 March 1922 as the 483d Company, Coast Artillery Corps

            Redesignated 12 December 1923 as Battery A, 249th Artillery, Coast Artillery Corps

            Redesignated 18 April 1924 as Battery A, 249th Coast Artillery

            Redesignated 15 April 1940 as Battery D, 249th Coast Artillery    

            Inducted into Federal service 16 September 1940 at Albany

            Reorganized and redesignated 18 October 1944 as Battery B, 171st Coast Artillery Battalion

            Inactivated 15 September 1945 at Fort Canby, Washington

            Reorganized and Federally recognized 2 March 1948 in the Oregon National Guard at Albany as Company L, 162d Infantry, an element of the 41st Infantry Division

            Redesignated 1 July 1953 as Company C, 162d Infantry

            Converted, reorganized, and redesignated 1 April 1959 as Battery C, 3d Gun Battalion, 249th Artillery, and relieved from assignment to the 41st Infantry Division

            Reorganized and redesignated 1 November 1961 as Battery C, 3d Automatic Weapons Battalion, 249th Artillery

            Reorganized and redesignated 15 November 1965 as the 1st Automatic Weapons Platoon, Battery B, 3d Battalion, 249th Artillery
           
            Consolidated 1 March 1968 with the 1st Platoon, Battery A, 3d Battalion, 249th Artillery (organized and Federally recognized 15 November 1965 at Albany), and consolidated unit designated as Battery C, 3d Battalion, 249th Artillery

            Converted, reorganized, and redesignated 14 June 1971 as Company C, 1249th Engineer Battalion

            Reorganized and redesignated 16 April 1994 as the 224th Engineer Company

            Reorganized and redesignated 16 October 1999 as Company B, 52d Engineer Battalion

            Ordered into active Federal service 11 February 2003 at Albany; released from active Federal service 16 June 2004 and reverted to state control

Reorganized and redesignated 16 October 2005 as the 224th Engineer Company

            Ordered into active Federal service 7 June 2007 at Albany; released from active Federal service 10 July 2008 and reverted to state control

HOME STATION: Albany (less detachment at Newport)

 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

                                                  War on Terrorism
                                                          Iraq:
                                                   Iraqi Surge
                                                   (additional campaigns to be determined)
                                                                                                                                    


DECORATIONS

            Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA 2003-2004

 

BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY: 

 

 

ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Center of Military History


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