Constituted 1 April 1942 in the Army of the United States as the 503d Engineer Light Ponton Company

Activated 18 April 1942 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina

Inactivated 13 December 1945 at Camp Patrick Henry, Virginia

Redesignated 27 December 1946 as the 503d Engineer Utilities Company

Activated 20 January 1947 in Germany

Inactivated 1 September 1947 in Germany

Redesignated 19 April 1948 as the 739th Engineer Dump Truck Company and allotted to the Organized Reserve Corps

Activated 15 May 1948 at San Francisco, California

Inactivated 31 August 1950 at San Francisco, California

(Organized Reserve Corps redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)

Redesignated 16 September 1980 as the 739th Engineer Company

Activated 16 March 1985 at East St. Louis, Illinois

Location changed 1 November 1997 to Granite City, Illinois

Ordered into active military service 21 January 2003 at Granite City, Illinois; released from active military service 6 June 2003 and reverted to reserve status

Ordered into active military service 10 October 2009 at Granite City, Illinois

 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

                                                            World War II
                                                            Normandy (with arrowhead)
                                                            Northern France
                                                            Rhineland
                                                            Central Europe

                                                            War on Terrorism
                                                            Campaigns to be determined

 

DECORATIONS

None

 

            BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY: