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Lineage and Honors Information as of 15 February 2012

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262d ENGINEER COMPANY

Organized and Federally recognized 22 March 1927 in the Maine National Guard at Westbrook as Company D, 103d Infantry, an element of the 43d Division (later redesignated as the 43d Infantry Division)

Inducted into Federal service 24 February 1941 at Westbrook

Inactivated 1 November 1945 at Camp Stoneman, California

(103d Infantry relieved 21 May 1946 from assignment to the 43d Infantry Division)

Reorganized and Federally recognized 7 February 1947 in the Maine National Guard at Westbrook as Company D, 103d Infantry

Converted, reorganized, and redesignated 1 March 1959 as Troop H, 3d Reconnaissance Squadron, 103d Armored Cavalry

Reorganized and redesignated 1 August 1959 as Troop H, 2d Reconaissance Squadron, 103d Armored Cavalry

Reorganized and redesignated 1 June 1961 as Company D, 2d Medium Tank Battalion, 20th Armor

Redesignated 1 March 1964 as Company C, 1st Battalion, 20th Armor

 Converted, reorganized, and redesignated 31 December 1967 as the 1st General Construction Platoon, Company B, 133d Engineer Battalion

Reorganized and redesignated 1 February 1972 as Detachment 1, Company D, 133d Engineer Battalion

Redesignated 1 March 1989 as Detachment 1, Company A, 133d Engineer Battalion
           
Reorganized and redesignated  1 September 1993 as Detachment 1, Company B, 133d Engineer Battalion

Consolidated 1 August 2003 with Company B, 133d Engineer Battalion (see ANNEX) and consolidated unit designated  as Company B, 133d Engineer Battalion

Ordered into active Federal service 7 December 2003 at Westbrook; released from active Federal service 3 June 2005 and reverted to state control

Reorganized and redesignated  1 September 2008 as the 262d Engineer Company

ANNEX

Organized and Federally recognized 19 February 1936 in the Maine National Guard at Saco as Battery C, 240th Coast Artillery

Redesignated 14 April 1940 as Battery I,  240th Coast Artillery

Inducted into Federal service 16 September 1940 at Saco

Inactivated 18 April 1944 at Camp Shelby, Mississippi

Disbanded 7 October 1944

Reconstituted 22 October 1946 in the Maine National Guard; concurrently reorganized and Federally recognized at Saco as Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 103d Infantry

Converted, reorganized, and redesignated 1 August 1959 as the Howitzer Battery, 1st Reconnaissance Squadron, 103d Armored Cavalry

Reorganized and redesignated 1 June 1961 as Company B, 1st Medium Tank Battalion, 20th Armor

Redesignated 1 March 1964 as Company B, 4th Battalion, 20th Armor

Consolidated 31 December 1967 with Company A, 4th Battalion, 20th Armor (organized and Federally recognized 16 December 1946 at Saco) and consolidated unit converted, reorganized, and redesignated as Company B, 133d Engineer Battalion

HOME STATION: Westbrook (less detachment at Belfast)

 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

World War II
Guadalcanal
New Guinea
Northern Solomons
Luzon (with arrowhead)

War on Terrorism
Campaigns to be determined

 

DECORATIONS

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2004-2005

Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 1944 TO
4 JULY 1945

 

BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY: 

 

 

ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Center of Military History


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