Lineages and Honors Information
Engineer Company
Lineage and Honors Information as of 19 July 2021
541st Engineer Company
- Constituted 18 May 1917 in the National Army as Company E, 25th Engineers
- Organized 13 September 1917 at Camp Devens, Massachusetts
- Demobilized 20 May 1919 at Camp Upton, New York
- Reconstituted 18 October 1927 in the Regular Army as Company E, 25th Engineers
- Redesignated 8 January 1942 as Company E, 25th Armored Engineer Battalion, an element of the 6th Armored Division
- Activated 15 February 1942 at Fort Knox, Kentucky
- Reorganized and redesignated 16 November 1943 as the 990th Engineer Treadway Bridge Company, and relieved from assignment to the 6th Armored Division
- Inactivated 9 December 1945 at Camp Myles Standish, Massachusetts
- Redesignated 30 January 1947 as the 541st Engineer Treadway Bridge Company
- Redesignated 17 December 1951 as the 541st Engineer Panel Bridge Company
- Activated 16 January 1952 at Camp McCoy, Wisconsin
- Inactivated 15 August 1952 at Camp McCoy, Wisconsin
- Redesignated 23 November 1954 as the 541st Engineer Company
- Activated 17 January 1955 in Germany
- Inactivated 16 January 1986 in Germany
- Activated 16 August 2007 in Germany
Campaign Participation Credit
- World War I
- Meuse-Argonne
- World War II
- Normandy
- Northern France
- Rhineland
- Ardennes-Alsace
- Central Europe
- War on Terrorism
- Afghanistan:
- Consolidation II
- (Additional campaigns to be determined)
Decorations
- Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN 2009
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN 2010-2011
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN 2013
- Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 2018
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
CHARLES R. BOWERY, JR.
Chief of Military History