492d Engineer Company
Lineage and Honors Information as of 1 October 2007
492d Engineer Company Lineage
Constituted 5 November 1942 in the Army of the United States as the 492d Engineer Equipment Company
Activated 15 December 1942 at Camp Claiborne, Louisiana
Inactivated 20 January 1946 in the Philippines
Redesignated 18 December 1946 as the 492d Engineer Light Equipment Company and allotted to the Organized Reserves
Activated 6 January 1947 at Peoria, Illinois
(Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)
Inactivated 31 December 1948 at Peoria, Illinois
Redesignated 23 February 1949 as the 492d Engineer Parts Supply Company
Activated 24 March 1949 at Minneapolis, Minnesota
Inactivated 22 January 1951 at Minneapolis, Minnesota
Redesignated 3 December 1963 as the 492d Engineer Company
Activated 1 April 1964 at Mankato, Minnesota
Inactivated 15 July 1994 at Mankato, Minnesota
Activated 16 September 2007 at Mankato, Minnesota
492d Engineer Company Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
World War II: New Guinea; Leyte; Luzon
Decorations
Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 1944 TO 4 JULY 1945