Lineage and Honors Information as of 25 April 2013
811th ENGINEER COMPANY
- Organized 24 May 1881 in the Ohio National Guard at Lancaster as Company E, 6th Infantry (Mt. Pleasant Guards)
- Redesignated 22 December 1885 as Company I, 14th Infantry
- Mustered into Federal service 9 May 1898 at Camp Bushnell, Ohio as Company I, 4th Ohio Volunteer Infantry; mustered out of Federal service 20 January 1899 at Columbus and reverted to state control as Company I, 14th Infantry
- Redesignated 14 April 1899 as Company I, Unattached Infantry
- Redesignated 14 July 1899 as Company I, 4th Infantry
- Redesignated 9 July 1900 as Company F, 7th Separate Infantry Battalion
- Redesignated 20 June 1901 as Company F, 7th Infantry
- Redesignated 2 June 1913 as Company L, 4th Infantry
- Mustered into Federal service 11 July 1916 at Camp Willis, Ohio; mustered out of Federal service 3 March 1917 at Fort Wayne, Michigan
- Called into Federal service 15 July 1917; drafted into Federal service 5 August 1917
- Reorganized and redesignated 20 August 1917 as Company L, 166th Infantry, an element of the 42d Division
- Demobilized 17 May 1919 at Camp Sherman, Ohio
- Reorganized and Federally recognized 23 February 1921 in the Ohio National Guard at Lancaster as the 2d Separate Company of Infantry
- Redesignated 1 May 1921 as Company G, 4th Infantry
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 July 1921 as Company G, 166th Infantry, an element of the 37th Division
- Inducted into Federal service 15 October 1940 at Lancaster
- Relieved 1 February 1942 from assignment to the 37th Division (37th Division concurrently redesignated as the 37th Infantry Division)
- Inactivated 22 February 1944 at Camp Hood, Texas
- Reorganized and Federally recognized 12 May 1947 in the Ohio National Guard at Lancaster as Company G, 166th Infantry
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 September 1959 as Company D, 1st Battle Group, 166th Infantry, an element of the 37th Infantry Division
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 April 1963 as Company A, 1st Battalion, 166th Infantry
- Consolidated 1 October 1967 with the 2d Rifle and Weapons Platoon, Company A, 1st Battalion, 166th Infantry (see ANNEX) and consolidated unit designated as Company A, 1st Battalion, 166th Infantry; location concurrently changed to Circleville
- (1st Battalion, 166th Infantry, assigned 15 February 1968 to the 38th Infantry Division)
- Location changed 1 September 1968 to Tarlton
- Converted, reorganized, and redesignated 1 February 1972 as Company D, 216th Engineer Battalion, and relieved from assignment to the 38th Infantry Division
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 January 1993 as Detachment 1, Company C, 216th Engineer Battalion
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 April 1993 as Detachment 1, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 216th Engineer Battalion
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 September 1997 as Detachment 1, Company A, 216th Engineer Battalion
- Ordered into active Federal service 18 December 2003 at Tarlton; released from active Federal service 16 April 2005 and reverted to state control
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 September 2007 as the 811th Engineer Company
- Location changed 15 June 2010 to Amanda
- ANNEX
- Organized and Federally recognized 12 May 1921 in the Ohio National Guard at Circleville as the 145th Motor Company, 37th Division Quartermaster Trains, an element of the 37th Division
- Converted, reorganized, and redesignated 15 May 1936 as Company C, 112th Quartermaster Regiment
- Converted, reorganized, and redesignated 9 February 1937 as Headquarters Battery, 136th Field Artillery
- Reorganized and redesignated 12 May 1937 as Headquarters Battery and Combat Train, 3d Battalion, 136th Field Artillery
- Reorganized and redesignated 8 June 1937 as Service Battery, 136th Field Artillery
- Inducted into Federal service 15 October 1940 at Circleville
- Disbanded 1 February 1942
- Reorganized and Federally recognized 8 May 1947 in the Ohio National Guard at Circleville as Company I, 166th Infantry
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 September 1959 as the 1st Rifle and Weapons Platoon, Company D, 1st Battle Group, 166th Infantry, an element of the 37th Infantry Division
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 February 1960 as the 2d Rifle and Weapons Platoon, Company A, 1st Battle Group, 166th Infantry
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 April 1963 as the 2d Rifle and Weapons Platoon, Company A, 1st Battalion, 166th Infantry
HOME STATION: Amanda
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
- War with Spain
- Puerto Rico
- World War I
- Champagne-Marne
- Aisne-Marne
- St. Mihiel
- Meuse-Argonne
- Lorraine 1918
- Champagne 1918
- War on Terrorism
- Iraq:
- Transition of Iraq
- Iraqi Governance
DECORATIONS
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2004
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Center of Military History
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