402d Engineer Company

Constituted 15 October 1921 in the Organized Reserve as the 580th Engineer Train
Organized 13 October 1922 at St. Louis, Missouri
Location changed 26 May 1926 to Colby, Kansas
Redesignated 7 May 1930 as the 580th Engineer Dump Truck Company
Location changed 12 October 1931 to Fargo, North Dakota
Ordered into active military service 25 August 1942 at Camp Pickett, Virginia
Inactivated 1 June 1946 at Ebrach, Germany
Redesignated 5 February 1947 as the 402d Engineer Dump Truck Company
Redesignated 21 October 1947 as the 402d Engineer Panel Bridge Transport Company
Activated 17 November 1947 at Detroit, Michigan
(Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)
Reorganized and redesignated 2 February 1950 as the 402d Engineer Panel Bridge Company
Ordered into active military service 19 August 1950 at Detroit, Michigan; released from active military service 18 March 1953 and reverted to reserve status
Inactivated 25 June 1953 at Detroit, Michigan
Redesignated 5 November 1962 as the 402d Engineer Company
Activated 15 March 1963 at Mankato, Minnesota
Location changed 1 April 1964 to Hurley, Wisconsin
Inactivated 24 May 1976 at Hurley, Wisconsin
Activated 16 September 1995 at Edinburgh, Indiana
Inactivated 15 September 2006 at Edinburgh, Indiana
Activated 16 October 2010 at Des Moines, Iowa
Ordered into active military service 21 October 2012 at Des Moines, Iowa; released from active military service 24 November 2013 and reverted to reserve status

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

World War II
Normandy
Northern France
Rhineland
Ardennes-Alsace
Central Europe

Korean War
CCF Intervention
First UN Counteroffensive
CCF Spring Offensive
UN Summer-Fall Offensive
Second Korean Winter
Korea, Summer-Fall 1952
Third Korean Winter

War on Terrorism
Campaigns to be determined

DECORATIONS

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN 2013
Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 1951-1952

BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:

RICHARD W. STEWART, PH.D.
Chief of Military History