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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


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