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Lineage and Honors Information as of 12 June 2013

55th Engineer Company

  • Constituted 8 October 1942 in the Army of the United States as Company B, 489th Engineer Water Supply Battalion
  • Activated 31 October 1942 at Camp Maxey, Texas
  • Reorganized and redesignated 31 August 1944 as the 1519th Engineer Water Supply Company
  • Inactivated 25 January 1946 in Japan
  • Redesignated 21 November 1946 as the 1519th Engineer Construction Company
  • Activated 2 December 1946 in Germany
  • Reorganized and redesignated 27 June 1947 as the 55th Engineer Construction Company
  • Inactivated 1 September 1947 in Germany
  • Redesignated 12 August 1948 as the 55th Engineer Treadway Bridge Company
  • Activated 15 September 1948 in Japan
  • Inactivated 1 November 1951 in Korea
  • Redesignated 17 December 1951 as the 55th Engineer Panel Bridge Company
  • Allotted 19 December 1951 to the Regular Army
  • Activated 19 January 1952 at Fort Campbell, Kentucky
  • Reorganized and redesignated 1 October 1953 as the 55th Engineer Company
  • Inactivated 15 October 2000 at Fort Riley, Kansas
  • Activated 16 May 2007 at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

  • World War II
  • Bismarck Archipelago
  • Luzon
  • Korean War:
  • UN Defensive
  • UN Offensive
  • CCF Intervention
  • First UN Counteroffensive
  • CCF Spring Offensive
  • UN Summer-Fall Offensive
  • War on Terrorism
  • Campaigns to be determined

DECORATIONS

  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2008-2009
  • Army Superior Unit Award for 1995-1996
  • Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 1944 TO 4 JULY 1945

BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:

ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Center of Military History


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