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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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