Lineage and Honors Information as of 2 October 2012
305th ENGINEER COMPANY
- Constituted 23 February 1943 in the Army of the United States as Company A, 796th Engineer Forestry Battalion
- Activated 25 June 1943 at Camp Claiborne, Louisiana
- Reorganized and redesignated 24 February 1945 as the 1611th Engineer Forestry Company
- Inactivated 25 January 1946 in the Philippines
- Redesignated 2 October 1947 as the 305th Engineer Forestry Company and allotted to the Organized Reserves
- Activated 1 November 1947 at Seattle, Washington
- (Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)
- Location changed 17 November 1948 to Centralia, Washington
- Inactivated 30 November 1950 at Centralia, Washington
- Redesignated 24 September 2009 as the 305th Engineer Company
- Activated 16 September 2012 at Camp Pendleton, California
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
- World War II
- New Guinea
- Leyte
- Luzon
DECORATIONS
- Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 1944 TO 4 JULY 1945
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Center of Military History
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