Lineage And Honors Information
Lineage and Honors Information as of 9 April 2014
961st ENGINEER COMPANY
- Constituted 19 December 1942 in the Army of the United States as the 961st Engineer Maintenance Company
- Activated 25 January 1943 at Camp Swift, Texas
- Inactivated 31 December 1945 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey
- Redesignated 4 April 1947 as the 961st Engineer Dump Truck Company and concurrently allotted to the Organized Reserves
- Activated 8 May 1947 at Rochester, Indiana
- Location changed 10 July 1947 to South Bend, Indiana
- (Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)
- Ordered into active military service 11 September 1950 at South Bend, Indiana; released from active military service 10 July 1952 and reverted to reserve status
- Inactivated 15 December 1952 at South Bend, Indiana
- Redesignated 1 May 1956 as the 961st Engineer Company and activated at Evansville, Indiana
- Location changed 1 May 1959 to Detroit, Michigan
- Inactivated 31 January 1968 at Detroit, Michigan
- Activated 16 September 2008 at Sharonville, Ohio
- Ordered into active military service 13 April 2009 at Sharonville, Ohio; released from active military service 17 May 2010 and reverted to reserve status
- Ordered into active military service 3 April 2014 at Sharonville, Ohio
Campaign Participation Credit
- World War II
- Normandy
- Northern France
- Rhineland
- Ardennes-Alsace
- Central Europe
- War on Terrorism
- Campaigns to be determined
Decorations
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2009-2010
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
Robert J. Dalessandro
Director, Center of Military History