Lineage and Honors Information as of 22 March 2021

68th Engineer Company

  • Constituted 1 April 1927 in the Organized Reserves as the 710th Engineer Depot Company
  • Organized in October 1929 at Cleveland, Ohio
  • Redesignated 20 August 1931 as the 710th Engineer Company
  • Inactivated 1 January 1938 at Cleveland, Ohio; concurrently withdrawn from the Organized Reserves and allotted to the Regular Army
  • Redesignated 1 April 1942 as the 710th Engineer Depot Company
  • Redesignated 29 May 1943 as the 710th Engineer Base Depot Company
  • Activated 21 June 1943 at Camp Claiborne, Louisiana
  • Inactivated 2 December 1945 at Camp Myles Standish, Massachusetts
  • Redesignated 29 April 1947 as the 68th Engineer Base Depot Company
  • Activated 15 March 1948 on Okinawa
  • Inactivated 1 June 1949 on Okinawa
  • Redesignated 11 September 1950 as the 68th Engineer Depot Company
  • Activated 22 September 1950 at Granite City, Illinois
  • Reorganized and redesignated 1 February 1953 as the 68th Engineer Company
  • Inactivated 13 May 1955 in Korea
  • Activated 1 June 1956 in Germany
  • Inactivated 1 September 1965 in Germany
  • Activated 25 June 1966 in France
  • Inactivated 20 June 1976 at Fort Bliss, Texas
  • Activated 1 June 1993 at Fort Hood, Texas

Campaign Participation Credit

  • World War II
  • Normandy
  • Northern France
  • Rhineland
  • Korean War
  • Second Korean Winter
  • Korea, Summer-Fall 1952
  • Third Korean Winter
  • Korea, Summer 1953
  • War on Terrorism
  • Campaigns to be determined

Decorations

  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2005-2006
  • Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 1951-1952
  • Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 1952-1953

By Order of the Secretary of the Army:

CHARLES R. BOWERY, JR.
Chief of Military History


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