Lineage And Honors Information
Lineage and Honors Information as of 20 June 2012
317th ENGINEER COMPANY
- Constituted 1 April 1927 in the Organized Reserves as the 725th Engineer Company
- Redesignated 1 April 1942 as the 725th Engineer Depot Company
- Redesignated 23 April 1943 as the 725th Engineer Base Depot Company
- Activated 18 October 1943 at Camp Sutton, North Carolina
- Inactivated 31 March 1946 on Okinawa
- Redesignated 13 November 1947 as the 317th Engineer Ponton Bridge Company
- Activated 24 November 1947 at Benton Harbor, Michigan
- (Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)
- Ordered into active military service 11 September 1950 at Benton Harbor, Michigan
- Reorganized and redesignated 20 November 1954 as the 317th Engineer Company
- Released from active military service 17 January 1955 and reverted to reserve status
- Location changed 4 March 1955 to Fremont, Indiana; on 1 April 1956 to Angola, Indiana; on 15 April 1958 to Gary, Indiana
- Inactivated 1 May 1959 at Gary, Indiana
- Activated 16 September 2008 at Kankakee, Illinois
- Ordered into active military service 3 October 2009 at Kankakee, Illinois; released from active military service 6 November 2010 and reverted to reserve status
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
- World War II
- Normandy
- Northern France
- Asiatic-Pacific Theater, Streamer without inscription
- War on Terrorism
- Iraq:
- Iraqi Sovereignty
DECORATIONS
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2009-2010
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Center of Military History