401st Engineer Company
Lineage and Honors Information as of 1 October 2007
401st Engineer Company Lineage
Constituted 15 October 1921 in the Organized Reserves as the 537th Engineer Bridge Train
Organized in January 1922 at New York, New York
Location changed 17 March 1923 to Hamburg, New York
Reorganized and redesignated 5 September 1928 as the 537th Engineer Ponton Company
Location changed 11 October 1928 to Buffalo, New York; on 15 April 1937 to New York, New York
Reorganized and redesignated 16 June 1942 as the 537th Engineer Light Ponton Company
Ordered into active military service at New York, New York, and reorganized 25 June 1943 at Camp Howze, Texas
Inactivated 12 October 1945 at Camp Patrick Henry, Virginia
Redesignated 5 February 1947 as the 401st Engineer Light Ponton Company
Redesignated 26 February 1947 as the 401st Engineer Ponton Bridge Company
Activated 12 March 1947 at Springfield, Massachusetts
(Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)
Location changed 30 June 1948 to Boston, Massachusetts
Inactivated 18 October 1949 at Boston, Massachusetts
Redesignated 18 July 1955 as the 401st Engineer Company
Activated 13 October 1955 at Lewiston, Maine
Location changed 13 November 1958 to Auburn, Maine
Inactivated 31 January 1968 at Auburn, Maine
Activated 16 October 1995 at Dexter, Maine
Inactivated 15 April 2000 at Dexter, Maine
Activated 16 September 2007 at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
401st Engineer Company Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
World War II: Northern France; Rhineland; Ardennes-Alsace; Central Europe
Decorations
None