Constituted 22 February 1944 in the Army of the United States as the 1481st Engineer Maintenance Company

Activated 30 March 1944 at Camp Shelby, Mississippi

Inactivated 15 February 1946 on Okinawa

Redesignated 18 October 1948 as the 779th Engineer Maintenance Company and allotted to the Organized Reserve Corps

Activated 26 October 1948 at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Inactivated 22 July 1949 at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

(Organized Reserve Corps redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)

Redesignated 2 November 1954 as the 779th Engineer Company

Activated 26 November 1954 at Jackson, Ohio

Location changed 27 July 1956 to Toledo, Ohio; on 3 April 1959 to South Charleston, West Virginia

Inactivated 31 January 1968 at South Charleston, West Virginia

Activated 16 September 2008 at Parkersburg, West Virginia

 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

                                                        World War II
                                                        Ryukyus

 

DECORATIONS

None

 

BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY: