Lineage and Honors Information as of 26 April 2011
449th ENGINEER COMPANY
Constituted 4 January 1944 in the Army of the United States as the 1011th Engineer Treadway Bridge Company
Activated 21 February 1944 at Camp Swift, Texas
Inactivated 15 December 1945 in Japan
Redesignated 9 May 1947 as the 449th Engineer Treadway Bridge Company and allotted to the Organized Reserves
Activated 26 May 1947 at Longview, Texas
(Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)
Inactivated 25 July 1950 at Longview, Texas
Redesignated 29 March 1955 as the 449th Engineer Company
Activated 9 April 1955 at Fayetteville, Arkansas
Inactivated 1 April 1959 at Fayetteville, Arkansas
Activated 9 May 2007 at Fort Thomas, Kentucky
Ordered into active military service 22 May 2007 at Fort Thomas, Kentucky; released from active military service 24 June 2008 and reverted to reserve status
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
World War II
New Guinea
Leyte
Luzon
War on Terrorism
Campaigns to be determined
DECORATIONS
Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2007-2008
Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 1944 TO
4 JULY 1945
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Center of Military History