Lineage And Honors Information
Lineage and Honors Information as of 16 May 2012
797th ENGINEER COMPANY
- Constituted 5 May 1942 in the Army of the United States as Headquarters, Headquarters and Service Company, 50th Engineer Regiment
- Activated 1 September 1942 at Camp White, Oregon, as Headquarters, Headquarters and Service Company, 50th Engineer Combat Regiment
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 February 1945 as the 1084th Engineer Maintenance Company
- Inactivated 2 November 1945 at Camp Gruber, Oklahoma
- Redesignated 13 January 1948 as the 797th Engineer Ponton Bridge Company and allotted to the Organized Reserves
- Activated 6 February 1948 at Frederick, Maryland
- (Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)
- Reorganized and redesignated 25 May 1950 as the 797th Engineer Panel Bridge Company
- Reorganized and redesignated 15 October 1953 as the 797th Engineer Company
- Inactivated 1 June 1959 at Frederick, Maryland
- Activated 16 September 2008 on Guam
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
- World War II
- Aleutian Islands (with arrowhead)
DECORATIONS
- None
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Center of Military History