Lineage and Honors Information as of 15 December 2016
739th Engineer Company
- Constituted 1 April 1942 in the Army of the United States as the 503d Engineer Light Ponton Company
- Activated 18 April 1942 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina
- Inactivated 13 December 1945 at Camp Patrick Henry, Virginia
- Redesignated 27 December 1946 as the 503d Engineer Utilities Company
- Activated 20 January 1947 in Germany
- Inactivated 1 September 1947 in Germany
- Redesignated 19 April 1948 as the 739th Engineer Dump Truck Company and allotted to the Organized Reserve Corps
- Activated 15 May 1948 at San Francisco, California
- Inactivated 31 August 1950 at San Francisco, California
- (Organized Reserve Corps redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)
- Redesignated 16 September 1980 as the 739th Engineer Company
- Activated 16 March 1985 at East St. Louis, Illinois
- Location changed 1 November 1997 to Granite City, Illinois
- Ordered into active military service 21 January 2003 at Granite City, Illinois; released from active military service 6 June 2003 and reverted to reserve status
- Ordered into active military service 10 October 2009 at Granite City, Illinois; released from active military service 13 November 2010 and reverted to reserve status
Campaign Participation Credit
- World War II
- Normandy (with arrowhead)
- Northern France
- Rhineland
- Central Europe
- War on Terrorism
- Campaigns to be determined
Decorations
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
CHARLES R. BOWERY, JR.
Chief of Military History
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