459th Engineer Company
Lineage and Honors Information as of 10 December 2008
459th Engineer Company Lineage
Constituted 1 April 1927 in the Organized Reserves as the 723d Engineer Depot Company
Organized 11 December 1929 at Baltimore, Maryland
Redesignated 20 August 1931 as the 723d Engineer Company
Redesignated 1 April 1942 as the 723d Engineer Depot Company
Ordered into active military service 25 June 1943 and reorganized at Camp Beale, California
Inactivated 21 March 1946 on New Guinea
Redesignated 20 January 1947 as the 459th Engineer Panel Bridge Transport Company
Activated 28 January 1947 at Huntington, 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 Huntington, West Virginia
Redesignated 24 November 1967 as the 459th Engineer Company
Activated 22 January 1968 at Clarksburg, West Virginia
Location changed 1 March 1997 to Bridgeport, West Virginia
Detachment ordered into active military service 1 November 2002 at Bridgeport, West Virginia; remainder of company ordered into
active military service 16 January 2003 at Bridgeport, West Virginia
Detachment released 31 October 2003 from active military service and reverted to reserve status; remainder of company released 15
April 2004 from active military service and reverted to reserve status
459th Engineer Company Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
World War II: New Guinea
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 PACIFIC THEATER 1944-1945
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered PACIFIC THEATER 1945-1946