Lineage and Honors Information as of 27 April 2017

812th Engineer Company

  • Organized and Federally recognized 2 February 1926 in the Ohio National Guard at Akron as Headquarters Company, 73d Infantry Brigade, an element of the 37th Division
  • Reorganized and redesignated 1 March 1928 as Company K, 145th Infantry
  • Inducted into Federal service 15 October 1940 at Akron
  • (37th Division redesignated 1 February 1942 as the 37th Infantry Division)
  • Inactivated 13 December 1945 at Camp Stoneman, California
  • Reorganized and Federally recognized 17 July 1947 in the Ohio Army National Guard at Akron as Company K, 145th Infantry
  • Ordered into active Federal service 15 January 1952 at Akron
  • (Company K, 145th Infantry [NGUS] organized and Federally recognized 15 January 1954)
  • Released 15 June 1954 from active Federal service and reverted to state control; Federal recognition concurrently withdrawn from Company K, 145th Infantry (NGUS)
  • Reorganized and redesignated 1 September 1959 as Company B, 2d Battle Group, 145th Infantry and relieved from assignment to the 37th Infantry Division
  • Reorganized and redesignated 1 April 1963 as Company B, 2d Battalion, 145th Infantry
  • Reorganized and redesignated 15 November 1965 as the 2d Rifle Platoon, Company A, 2d Battalion, 145th Infantry
  • Converted and redesignated 1 May 1968 as the 2d and 3d Engineer Platoons, Company B, 112th Engineer Battalion
  • Consolidated 1 June 1971 with Company B, 112th Engineer Battalion (see ANNEX 1), and consolidated unit designated as Company B, 112th Engineer Battalion
  • Location changed 1 January 1982 to Stow; changed 1 January 1989 to Brook Park
  • Consolidated 1 September 1995 with Company D, 112th Engineer Battalion (see ANNEX 3); consolidated unit designated as Company B, 112th Engineer Battalion, and location changed to Lorain
  • (112th Engineer Battalion assigned 1 September 1999 to the 38th Infantry Division)
  • Ordered into active Federal service 30 January 2003 at Lorain; released from active Federal service 28 January 2005 and reverted to state control
  • Reorganized and redesignated 1 September 2007 as the 837th Engineer Company and relieved from assignment to the 38th Infantry Division
  • Ordered into active Federal service 13 February 2013 at Lorain; released from active Federal service 28 February 2014 and reverted to state control
  • Reorganized and redesignated 1 September 2016 as the 812th Engineer Company
  • ANNEX 1
  • Organized and Federally recognized 10 February 1937 in the Ohio National Guard at Kent as Company C, 112th Quartermaster Regiment, an element of the 37th Division
  • Inducted into Federal service 15 October 1940 at Kent
  • Reorganized and redesignated 1 February 1942 as Company C, 131st Quartermaster Regiment (Truck) and relieved from assignment to the 37th Division (37th Division concurrently redesignated as the 37th Infantry Division)
  • Redesignated 1 April 1942 as Company C, 131st Quartermaster Truck Regiment
  • Reorganized and redesignated 20 December 1943 as the 3583d Quartermaster Truck Company
  • Reorganized and redesignated 24 April 1945 as the 3583d Quartermaster Truck Company (Heavy)
  • Inactivated 24 May 1946 in Belgium
  • Reorganized and Federally recognized 13 November 1947 in the Ohio Army National Guard at Kent as the 3582d Transportation Company
  • Ordered into active Federal service 19 August 1950 at Kent
  • (3582d Transportation Company [NGUS] organized and Federally recognized 5 January 1953)
  • Released 3 December 1954 from active Federal service and reverted to state control; Federal recognition concurrently withdrawn from 3582d Transportation Company (NGUS)
  • Converted and redesignated 1 September 1959 as Company B, 112th Engineer Battalion, an element of the 37th Infantry Division
  • Consolidated 1 April 1963 with Battery C, 2d Gun Battalion, 137th Artillery (see ANNEX 2); consolidated unit designated as Company B, 112th Engineer Battalion
  • Relieved 15 February 1968 from assignment to the 37th Infantry Division
  • ANNEX 2
  • Organized and Federally recognized 15 May 1951 in the Ohio Army National Guard at Kent as Battery B, 179th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion
  • Redesignated 1 January 1953 as Battery C, 177th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion
  • Reorganized and redesignated 1 September 1959 as Battery C, 2d Gun Battalion, 137th Artillery
  • ANNEX 3
  • Organized and Federally recognized 10 November 1947 in the Ohio Army National Guard at Lorain as Company B, 145th Infantry, an element of the 37th Infantry Division
  • Ordered into active Federal service 15 January 1952 at Lorain
  • (Company B, 145th Infantry [NGUS] organized and Federally recognized 25 January 1954)
  • Released 15 June 1954 from active Federal service and reverted to state control; Federal recognition concurrently withdrawn from Company B, 145th Infantry (NGUS)
  • Reorganized and redesignated 1 September 1959 Company B, 1st Battle Group, 145th Infantry
  • Reorganized and redesignated 1 April 1963 as Company B, 1st Battalion, 145th Infantry
  • Consolidated 15 February 1968 with Company D, 112th Engineer Battalion (organized and Federally recognized 13 February 1955 in Elyria); consolidated unit designated as Company D, 112th Engineer Battalion, and relieved from assignment to the 37th Infantry Division

HOME STATION: Lorain

Campaign Participation Credit

  • World War II
  • Northern Solomons (with arrowhead)
  • Luzon (with arrowhead)
  • Normandy
  • Northern France
  • Rhineland
  • Ardennes-Alsace
  • Central Europe
  • War on Terrorism
  • Afghanistan:
  • Transition I

Decorations

  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered EUROPEAN THEATER 13 JULY - 31 DECEMBER 1944
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN 2013
  • Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered: 17 OCTOBER 1944 TO 4 JULY 1945
  • Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action at Antwerp

By Order of the Secretary of the Army:

CHARLES R. BOWERY, JR.
Chief of Military History


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