Lineage and Honors Information as of 18 February 2011
875th ENGINEER COMPANY
Organized and Federally recognized 23 June 1921 in the North Carolina National Guard at North Wilkesboro as Company A, 105th Engineers, an element of the 30th Division
Inducted into Federal service 16 September 1940 at North Wilkesboro
Redesignated 7 February 1942 as Company D, 175th Engineers, and relieved from assignment to the 30th Division (later redesignated as the 30th Infantry Division
Redesignated 1 August 1942 as Company D, 2d Battalion, 175th Engineer General Service Regiment
Inactivated 15 October 1945 at Camp Patrick Henry, Virginia
Reorganized and Federally recognized 3 February 1948 at North Wilkesboro as Battery C, 112th Field Artillery Battalion, an element of the 30th Infantry Division
Converted, reorganized, and redesignated 1 April 1959 as Company C, 2d Battle Group, 120th Infantry, an element of the 30th Infantry Division
Redesignated 10 March 1963 as Company C, 2d Battalion, 120th Infantry
Converted, reorganized, and redesignated 1 January 1968 as the 1452d Transportation Company, and relieved from assignment to the 30th Infantry Division
Reorganized and redesignated 1 May 1971 as Company B, 230th Supply and Transport Battalion
Reorganized and redesignated 1 December 1973 as the 1453d Transportation Company
Converted, reorganized, and redesignated 1 December 1975 as Company D, 505th Engineer Battalion
Reorganized and redesignated 1 September 1989 as Company A, 505th Engineer Battalion
Ordered into active Federal service 3 September 2002 at North Wilkesboro; released from active Federal service 2 September 2003 and reverted to state control
Reorganized and redesignated 1 September 2006 as the 875th Engineer Company
HOME STATION: North Wilkesboro (less detachment at Lexington)
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
World War II
Tunisia
Sicily
Naples-Foggia
Rome-Arno
North Apennines
Po Valley
DECORATIONS
None
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
PETER D. CREAN
COL, LG
Director, Center of Military History