Lineage And Honors Information
Lineage and Honors Information as of 10 February 2016
344th Engineer Company
- Constituted 13 August 1943 in the Army of the United States as the 784th Engineer Petroleum Distribution Company
- Activated 14 August 1943 at Camp Claiborne, Louisiana
- Inactivated 27 November 1945 at Camp Shanks, New York
- Redesignated 30 July 1947 as the 344th Engineer Dump Truck Company and allotted to the Organized Reserves
- Activated 11 August 1947 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- (Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)
- Inactivated 30 June 1950 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Redesignated 2 April 2008 as the 344th Engineer Company
- Activated 16 October 2010 at Tallahassee, Florida
Campaign Participation Credit
- World War II
- Southern France
- Rhineland
Decorations
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered EUROPEAN THEATER
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
CHARLES R. BOWERY, JR.
Chief of Military History