Lineage and Honors Information as of 22 March 2021

62d Engineer Company

  • Constituted 29 March 1940 in the Regular Army as the 62d Engineer Company
  • Activated 1 June 1941 at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland
  • Redesignated 1 April 1942 as the 62d Engineer Topographic Company, Corps
  • Inactivated 31 October 1945 in Germany
  • Activated 20 September 1946 at Fort Lewis, Washington
  • Redesignated 1 April 1954 as the 62d Engineer Company
  • Inactivated 28 March 1955 in Korea
  • Activated 25 June 1959 in Italy
  • Inactivated 16 December 1985 in Italy
  • Activated 17 October 2006 at Fort Carson, Colorado

Campaign Participation Credit

  • World War II
  • Tunisia
  • Sicily
  • Normandy
  • Northern France
  • Rhineland
  • Central Europe
  • Korean War
  • 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
  • Afghanistan:
  • Consolidation II
  • Consolidation III
  • Iraq:
  • Iraqi Sovereignty
  • (Additional campaigns to be determined)

Decorations

  • Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered SOUTHERN AFGHANISTAN 2009-2010
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered EUROPEAN THEATER
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered KOREA 1950-1951
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered KOREA 1952
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN 2013
  • Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 1950-1952

By Order of the Secretary of the Army:

CHARLES R. BOWERY, JR.
Chief of Military History


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