Lineage and Honors Information as of 4 November 2011
471st ENGINEER COMPANY
Constituted 1 April 1927 in the Organized Reserves as the 741st Engineer Shop Company
Organized 23 October 1929 at Birmingham, Alabama
Redesignated 20 August 1931 as the 741st Engineer Company
Location changed 12 October 1933 to Mobile, Alabama; on 30 March 1935 to Vicksburg, Mississippi; on 31 March 1937 to Mobile, Alabama
Inactivated 1 January 1938 at Mobile, Alabama; concurrently withdrawn from the Organized Reserves and assigned to the Regular Army
Redesignated 7 November 1941 as the 471st Engineer Mobile Shop Company
Activated 15 December 1941 at Fort Belvoir, Virginia
Redesignated 31 May 1942 as the 471st Engineer Maintenance Company
Inactivated 14 December 1945 in Germany
Withdrawn 14 January 1947 from the Regular Army and allotted to the Organized Reserves
Activated 31 January 1947 at Columbia, Missouri
(Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)
Inactivated 17 November 1950 at Columbia, Missouri
Redesignated 5 November 1962 as the 471st Engineer Company
Activated 28 January 1963 at Rolla, Missouri
Inactivated 15 October 1990 at Rolla, Missouri
Activated 16 September 2007 at Fort Buchanan, Puerto Rico
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
World War II
Normandy
Northern France
Rhineland
Central Europe
DECORATIONS
None
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Center of Military History