Lineage and Honors Information as of 13 June 2014
304th Engineer Company
- Constituted 9 March 1944 in the Army of the United States as the 1380th Engineer Petroleum Distribution Company
- Activated 15 March 1944 at Camp Claiborne, Louisiana
- Inactivated 23 December 1945 in India
- Redesignated 2 October 1947 as the 304th Engineer Ponton Bridge Company and allotted to the Organized Reserves
- Activated 22 October 1947 at Pontiac, Michigan
- (Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)
- Location changed 24 June 1948 to Saginaw, Michigan
- Inactivated 4 December 1950 at Saginaw, Michigan
- Redesignated 16 April 1959 as the 304th Engineer Company
- Activated 1 May 1959 at Saginaw, Michigan
- Location changed 31 January 1962 to Battle Creek, Michigan
- Inactivated 31 December 1965 at Battle Creek, Michigan
- Activated 16 September 2008 at Lima, Ohio
- Ordered into active military service 4 April 2014 at Lima, Ohio
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
- World War II
- Central Burma
DECORATIONS
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Center of Military History
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