979th Engineer Company
Lineage and Honors Information as of 26 August 2009
979th Engineer Company Lineage
Constituted 26 November 1943 in the Army of the United States as the 979th Engineer Maintenance Company
Activated 17 December 1943 at Camp Breckinridge, Kentucky
Inactivated 20 January 1946 in the Philippines
Redesignated 6 May 1947 as the 979th Engineer Dump Truck Company and allotted to the Organized Reserves
Activated 12 June 1947 at Spokane, Washington
(Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)
Location changed 1 February 1949 to San Bernardino, California
Inactivated 13 February 1950 at San Bernardino, California
Redesignated 5 July 1956 as the 979th Engineer Company
Activated 10 July 1956 at Reno, Nevada
Inactivated 31 August 1976 at Reno, Nevada
Activated 16 September 2008 at Lexington, Kentucky
979th Engineer Company Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
World War II: Rhineland; Asiatic-Pacific Theater, Streamer without inscription
Decorations
None