465th Engineer Company
Lineage and Honors Information as of 22 August 2008
465th Engineer Company Lineage
Constituted 4 December 1942 in the Army of the United States as the 465th Engineer Depot Company
Activated 29 December 1942 at Camp Phillips, Kansas
Inactivated 8 March 1946 in Germany
Redesignated 23 December 1946 as the 465th Engineer Water Supply Company and allotted to the Organized Reserves
Activated 15 January 1947 at Portland, Oregon
(Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)
Location changed 18 April 1949 to Corvallis, Oregon
Inactivated 15 July 1949 at Corvallis, Oregon
Redesignated 15 May 1959 as the 465th Engineer Company
Activated 20 June 1959 at Salem, Oregon
Inactivated 22 December 1965 at Salem, Oregon
Activated 16 September 2007 at Birmingham, Alabama
465th Engineer Company Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
World War II: Normandy, Northern France, Rhineland, Ardennes-Alsace, Central Europe
Decorations
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered EUROPEAN THEATER