Lineage And Honors Information
Lineage and Honors Information as of 7 October 2015
273d Engineer Company
- Constituted 3 June 1946 in the Wisconsin National Guard as Company A, 724th Engineer Battalion
- (724th Engineer Battalion assigned 13 May 1946 to the 32d Infantry Division)
- Organized and Federally recognized 6 April 1949 at Medford
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 February 1953 as Company A, 724th Engineer Battalion
- Converted and redesignated 15 February 1959 as Company E, 1st Medium Tank Battalion, 105th Armor
- Ordered into active Federal service 15 October 1961 at Medford; released from active Federal service 10 August 1962 and reverted to state control
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 April 1963 as Company B, 1st Battalion, 632d Armor
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 November 1965 as the 2d and 3d Engineer Platoons, Company A, 724th Engineer Battalion
- (724th Engineer Battalion relieved 30 December 1967 from assignment to the 32d Infantry Division)
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 May 1968 as Company D, 724th Engineer Battalion
- Reorganized and redesignated 2 October 1993 as Company A, 724th Engineer Battalion
- Ordered into active Federal service 15 March 2003 at Medford; released from active Federal service 15 July 2004 and reverted to state control
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 September 2008 as the 273d Engineer Company
- Ordered into active Federal service 5 March 2010 at Medford; released from active Federal service 8 April 2011 and reverted to state control
- HOME STATION: Medford
Campaign Participation Credit
- War on Terrorism
- Campaigns to be determined
Decorations
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2003-2004
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
RICHARD W. STEWART, Ph.D.
Chief of Military History