Lineage and Honors Information as of 22 March 2021

50th Engineer Company

  • Constituted10 March 1943 in the Army of the United States as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1054th Engineer Port Construction and Repair Group
  • Activated 1 April 1943 at Fort Screven, Georgia
  • Redesignated 6 January 1945 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1054th Engineer Port Construction and Repair
  • Inactivated 20 December 1945 in Japan
  • Redesignated 12 May 1949 as the 50th Engineer Port Construction Company and allotted to the Regular Army
  • Activated 20 June 1949 at Fort Worden, Washington
  • Redesignated 27 March 1954 as the 50th Engineer Company
  • Inactivated 25 March 1959 in Korea
  • Activated 7 December 1959 at Fort Belvoir, Virginia
  • Inactivated 15 September 1972 at West Point, New York
  • Activated 16 February 1992 in Korea

Campaign Participation Credit

  • World War II
  • New Guinea
  • Leyte (with arrowhead)
  • Luzon
  • Korean War
  • UN Defensive
  • UN Offensive
  • CCF Intervention
  • First UN Counteroffensive
  • CCF Spring Offensive
  • UN Summer-Fall Offensive
  • Second Korean Winter
  • Korea, Summer-Fall 1952
  • Third Korean Winter
  • Korea, Summer 1953
  • War on Terrorism
  • Campaigns to be determined

Decorations

  • Presidential Unit Citation (Navy), Streamer embroidered INCHON
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered KOREA 1953-1954
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2005-2006
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2008-2009
  • Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 1944 TO 4 JULY 1945
  • Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 1950-1952
  • Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 1952-1953

By Order of the Secretary of the Army:

CHARLES R. BOWERY, JR.
Chief of Military History


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