Lineage and Honors Information as of 2 October 2012
66th ENGINEER COMPANY
- Constituted 1 July 1940 in the Regular Army as the 66th Engineer Company
- Activated 8 July 1941 at Fort Jackson, South Carolina
- Redesignated 1 April 1942 as the 66th Engineer Topographic Company, Corps
- Inactivated 30 September 1946 in Japan
- Activated 30 November 1946 in Germany
- Inactivated 20 June 1948 in Germany
- Activated 15 December 1950 at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 October 1953 as the 66th Engineer Company
- Inactivated 20 March 1972 in Vietnam
- Activated 21 December 1976 at Fort Hood, Texas
- Inactivated 15 June 1987 at Fort Hood, Texas
- Activated 16 October 2005 at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
- World War II
- Algeria-French Morocco
- (with arrowhead)
- Sicily (with arrowhead)
- Naples-Foggia
- Rome-Arno
- North Apennines
- Po Valley
- Asiatic-Pacific Theater,
Streamer without inscription
- Vietnam
- Counteroffensive, Phase II
- Counteroffensive, Phase III
- Tet Counteroffensive
- Counteroffensive, Phase IV
- Counteroffensive, Phase V
- Counteroffensive, Phase VI
- Tet 69/Counteroffensive
- Summer-Fall 1969
- Winter-Spring 1970
- Counteroffensive
- Counteroffensive, Phase VII
- Consolidation I
- Consolidation II
- War on Terrorism
- Campaigns to be determined
DECORATIONS
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered ITALY 1944
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1966-1967
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1968
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2007-2009
- Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1967-1970
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Center of Military History
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