277th Engineer Company
Lineage and Honors Information as of 14 March 2008
277th Engineer Company Lineage
Constituted 3 April 1944 in the Army of the United States as Company A, 1298th Engineer Combat Battalion
Activated 26 June 1944 at Camp Rucker, Alabama
Inactivated 31 January 1946 in Japan
Redesignated 17 April 1947 as Company A, 355th Engineer Construction Battalion, and allotted to the Organized Reserves
Activated 6 May 1947 at Dallas, Texas
(Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)
Reorganized and redesignated 17 December 1948 as Company A, 355th Engineer Camouflage Battalion
Reorganized and redesignated 15 May 1953 as Company A, 355th Engineer Battalion
Reorganized and redesignated 1 April 1954 as the 277th Engineer Company
Ordered into active military service 15 October 1961 at Dallas, Texas; released from active military service 5 August 1962 and reverted to reserve status
Location changed 30 January 1968 to San Antonio, Texas
Ordered into active military service 7 December 2003 at San Antonio, Texas; released from active military service 3 June 2005 and reverted to reserve status
277th Engineer Company Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
World War II:Asiatic-Pacific Theater, Streamer without inscription
War on Terrorism: Campaigns to be determined
Decorations
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2004