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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