40th Engineer Company
Lineage and Honors Information as of 6 February 2009
40th Engineer Company Lineage
Constituted 13 August 1943 in the Army of the United States as the 786th Engineer Petroleum Distribution
Company
Activated 14 August 1943 at Camp Claiborne, Louisiana
Inactivated 17 December 1945 at Camp Myles Standish, Massachusetts
Redesignated 10 November 1948 as the 40th Engineer Petroleum Distribution Company
Activated 16 December 1948 on Guam
Inactivated 27 January 1950 on Guam
Allotted 31 October 1950 to the Regular Army
Activated 4 November 1950 at Fort Belvoir, Virginia
Reorganized and redesignated 23 July 1951 as the 40th Engineer Pipeline Company
Reorganized and redesignated 15 June 1954 as the 40th Engineer Company
Inactivated 21 December 1956 in France
Activated 25 September 1959 in Korea
Inactivated 15 September 1972 in Korea
Activated 16 October 2008 at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico
40th Engineer Company Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
World War II: Normandy, Northern France, Rhineland, Ardennes-Alsace
Decorations
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered EUROPEAN THEATER