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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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