Lineage and Honors Information as of 16 May 2012
428th ENGINEER COMPANY
- Constituted 15 October 1921 in the Organized Reserves as Company C, 515th Engineer Train
- Organized in December 1921 at Hammonton, New Jersey
- Redesignated 18 May 1925 as Company C, 515th Engineer Battalion
- (Location of battalion headquarters changed 14 October 1925 to Wilmington, Delaware; on 11 October 1928 to New York, New York; on 5 April 1937 to Elizabeth, New Jersey)
- Ordered into active military service 29 January 1943 at Camp Swift, Texas, as the 515th Engineer Water Supply Battalion
- Reorganized and redesignated 26 November 1943 as the 1503d Engineer Water Supply Company
- Inactivated 24 February 1946 in Korea
- Redesignated 5 February 1947 as the 428th Engineer Water Supply Company
- Activated 7 April 1947 at Bay City, Michigan
- (Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)
- Ordered into active military service 14 August 1950 at Bay City, Michigan; released from active military service 13 April 1954 and reverted to reserve status
- Inactivated 14 September 1954 at Bay City, Michigan
- Redesignated 22 April 1959 as the 428th Engineer Company
- Activated 1 May 1959 at Caro, Michigan
- Inactivated 31 January 1963 at Caro, Michigan
- Activated 16 September 2008 at Wausau, Wisconsin
- Ordered into active military service 20 August 2010 at Wausau, Wisconsin; released from active military service 23 September 2011 and reverted to reserve status
Campaign Participation Credit
- World War II
- Rhineland
- Ardennes-Alsace
- Central Europe
- Asiatic-Pacific Theater, Streamer without inscription
- Korean War
- CCF Intervention
- First UN Counteroffensive
- CCF Spring Offensive
- UN Summer-Fall Offensive
- Second Korean Winter
- Korea, Summer-Fall 1952
- Third Korean Winter
- Korea, Summer 1953
- War on Terrorism
- Campaigns to be determined
Decorations
- Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 1951-1952
- Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 1952-1953
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
Robert J. Dalessandro
Director, Center of Military History
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