229th Engineer Company

Organized and Federally recognized 29 August 1949 in the Wisconsin Army National Guard at Prairie du Chien as the Medical Company, 128th Infantry, an element of the 32d Infantry Division
Converted and redesignated 15 February 1959 as Company A, 158th Transportation Battalion, and relieved from assignment to the 32d Infantry Division
Reorganized and redesignated 1 January 1960 as the 1100th Transportation Company
Converted and redesignated 15 May 1961 as Company C, 173d Engineer Battalion
Consolidated 1 June 1963 with Company B, 173d Engineer Battalion (organized and Federally recognized 15 May 1961 at Prairie du Chien), and consolidated unit designated as Company C, 173d Engineer Battalion (173d Engineer Battalion assigned 1 November 1965 to the 32d Infantry Division)
Relieved 30 December 1967 from assignment to the 32d Infantry Division; concurrently consolidated with Company D, 173d Engineer Battalion (organized and Federally recognized 1 November 1965 at Prairie du Chien) , and consolidated unit reorganized and redesignated as the 229th Engineer Company
Ordered into active Federal service 6 December 1990 at Prairie du Chien; released 18 May 1991 from active Federal service and reverted to state control
Ordered into active Federal service 7 February 2003 at Prairie du Chien; released from active Federal service 24 July 2004 and reverted to state control
Ordered into active Federal service 24 August 2012 at Prairie du Chien; released from active Federal service 27 September 2013 and reverted to state control
HOME STATION: Prairie du Chien (less detachment at Platteville)

Campaign Participation Credit

Southwest Asia
Liberation and Defense of Kuwait
Cease-Fire
War on Terrorism
Global War on Terrorism
(additional campaigns to be determined)

Decorations

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA 1991
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2003
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN 2012-2013

By Order of the Secretary of the Army:

CHARLES R. BOWERY, JR.
Chief of Military History