Lineage and Honors Information as of 4 August 2015
299th Engineer Company
- Constituted 29 July 1921 in the Organized Reserves as Company C, 349th Engineers
- Activated in December 1921 at Helena, Montana
- Ordered into active military service 13 May 1942 at Camp Claiborne, Louisiana
- Redesignated 21 August 1942 as Company C, 349th Engineer General Service Regiment
- Reorganized and redesignated 12 March 1945 as the 3182d Engineer Petroleum Distribution Company
- Inactivated 30 May 1947 on Okinawa
- Redesignated 2 January 1948 as the 299th Engineer Petroleum Distribution Company
- Activated 14 January 1948 at Martinsburg, West Virginia
- (Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)
- Inactivated 9 August 1950 at Martinsburg, West Virginia
- Redesignated 16 July 1985 as the 299th Engineer Company and activated at Fort Belvoir, Virginia
- Ordered into active military service 1 November 2002 at Fort Belvoir, Virginia; released from active military service 31 October 2003 and reverted to reserve status
- Ordered into active military service 25 June 2010 at Fort Belvoir, Virginia; released from active military service 29 July 2011 and reverted to reserve status
Campaign Participation Credit
- World War II
- Aleutian Islands
- War on Terrorism
- Campaigns to be determined
DECORATIONS
- Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2003
- Presidential Unit Citation (Navy), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2003
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered ALASKA 1944
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
RICHARD W. STEWART, PH.D.
Chief of Military History
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