Organized 1 March 1941 while in Federal service at Camp Edwards, Massachusetts, as the Service Battery, 2d Battalion, 101st Field Artillery

        Reorganized and redesignated 3 February 1942 as the Service and Ammunition Battery, 212th Field Artillery Battalion

        Reorganized and redesignated 1 September 1942 as the Service Battery, 212th Armored Field Artillery Battalion

        Inactivated 21 September 1945 at Camp Myles Standish, Massachusetts

        Reorganized and Federally recognized 27 February 1947 in the Massachusetts National Guard at Brockton as the Service Battery, 212th Field Artillery Battalion

        Reorganized and redesignated 15 February 1955 as Battery D, 126th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion

Reorganized and redesignated 1 May 1959 as Battery D, 2d Automatic Weapons Battalion, 211th Artillery

Reorganized and redesignated 1 May 1962 as Battery C, 2d Howitzer Battalion, 211th Artillery

Reorganized and redesignated 1 March 1963 as Battery C, 2d Battalion, 101st Artillery

        Location changed 1 October 1964 to Whitman

Reorganized and redesignated 19 December 1967 as Battery A, 3d Battalion, 101st Artillery

Reorganized and redesignated 1 March 1972 as Battery A, 3d Battalion, 101st Field Artillery

        Consolidated 1 November 1974 with Battery A, 1st Battalion, 241st Air Defense Artillery (organized and Federally recognized 17 February 1950 at Winthrop as Battery D, 772d Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion) and consolidated unit designated as Battery A, 1st Battalion, 241st Field Artillery

        Converted, reorganized, and redesignated 1 December 1975 as Detachment 1, 181st Engineer Company

        Consolidated 1 February 1978 with the 181st Engineer Company (organized and Federally recognized 1 December 1975 at Natick) and consolidated unit designated as the 181st Engineer Company

        Location changed 1 October 1994 to Bourne

        Redesignated 1 September 1996 as the 379th Engineer Company

        Ordered into active Federal service 24 January 2003 at Bourne; released from active Federal service 23 January 2004 and reverted to state control

        Ordered into active Federal service 18 February 2010 at Bourne; released from active Federal service 24 March 2011 and reverted to state control

HOME STATION: Bourne

 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

                                                        World War II
                                                        Normandy
                                                        Northern France
                                                        Rhineland
                                                        Ardennes-Alsace
                                                        Central Europe

                                                        War on Terrorism
                                                        Campaigns to be determined

DECORATIONS

        French Croix de Guerre with Silver-Gilt Star, World War II, Streamer embroidered LAN FROICOURT

BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY: