475th Engineer Company
Lineage and Honors Information as of 15 November 2007
475th Engineer Company Lineage
Constituted 3 April 1942 in the Army of the United States as the 475th Engineer Company
Activated 20 April 1942 in Iceland
Redesignated 31 May 1942 as the 475th Engineer Maintenance Company
Inactivated (less 2d Platoon) 17 July 1942 in Iceland
Activated (less 2d Platoon) 23 October 1942 in Iceland
Inactivated 14 December 1945 in Germany
Allotted 26 February 1947 to the Organized Reserves
Activated 12 March 1947 at Lawrence, Massachusetts
Location changed 5 September 1947 to Boston, Massachusetts
(Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)
Location changed 22 September 1949 to Bangor, Maine; on 1 May 1950 to Bridgeport, Connecticut
Reorganized and redesignated 10 July 1952 as the 475th Engineer Field Maintenance Company
Reorganized and redesignated 20 April 1953 as the 475th Engineer Company
Ordered into active military service 1 October 1961 at Bridgeport, Connecticut; released from active military service 8 August 196
and reverted to reserve status
Inactivated 9 April 1968 at Bridgeport, Connecticut
Activated 16 September 2007 at Ponce, Puerto Rico
475th Engineer Company Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
World War II: Normandy; Northern France; Rhineland; Ardennes-Alsace; Central Europe
Decorations
None