Lineage And Honors Information
Lineage and Honors Information as of 16 May 2012
297th ENGINEER COMPANY
- Constituted 15 May 1944 in the Army of the United States as the 2731st Engineer Light Equipment Company
- Activated 1 June 1944 at Camp Breckinridge, Kentucky
- Inactivated 13 November 1945 at Camp Breckinridge, Kentucky
- Redesignated 19 January 1948 as the 297th Engineer Light Equipment Company and allotted to the Organized Reserves
- Activated 27 January 1948 at Dayton, Ohio
- (Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)
- Inactivated 28 November 1950 at Dayton, Ohio
- Redesignated 4 March 1959 as the 297th Engineer Company
- Activated 3 April 1959 at Dayton, Ohio
- Inactivated 31 January 1968 at Dayton, Ohio
- Activated 16 January 1989 on Guam
- Inactivated 15 January 1998 on Guam
- Activated 16 September 2008 at Fort Richardson, Alaska
Campaign Participation Credit
- World War II
- Rhineland
- Central Europe
Decorations
- None
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
Robert J. Dalessandro
Director, Center of Military History