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- Inactivated 1 January 1938 at Cleveland, Ohio; concurrently withdrawn from the Organized Reserves and allotted to the Regular Army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