843d Engineer Company

• Organized and Federally recognized 17 December 1921 in the Louisiana National Guard at Franklinton as Troop G, 108th Cavalry, an element of the 23d Cavalry Division
• Reorganized and redesignated 15 March 1929 as Troop F, 108th Cavalry
• Converted and redesignated 6 October 1940 as Battery D, 105th Separate Battalion, Coast Artillery and relieved from the 23d Cavalry Division
• Inducted into Federal service 6 January 1941 at Franklinton
• Redesignated 10 July 1942 as Battery D, 105th Coast Artillery Battalion
• Reorganized and redesignated 1 July 1944 as Battery D, 105th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion
• Inactivated 15 September 1945 at Caserta, Italy
• Reorganized and Federally recognized 11 April 1947 as Battery B, 105th Antiaircraft Automatic Weapons Battalion
• Converted and redesignated 1 July 1959 as Troop A, 1st Reconnaissance Squadron, 139th Armor
• Reorganized and redesignated 1 May 1963 as Troop A, 1st Squadron, 139th Cavalry
• Converted and redesignated 1 December 1967 as Company B, 205th Engineer Battalion
• Ordered into active Federal service 7 July 2003 at Franklinton, released from active Federal service 5 July 2004 and reverted to state control
• Reorganized and redesignated 1 September 2006 as the 843d Engineer Company

HOME STATION: Franklinton (less detachment at Covington)