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Lineage and Honors Information as of 8 April 2011

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70th ENGINEER COMPANY

 

Constituted 1 October 1933 in the Regular Army as the 70th Engineer Company

Activated 12 October 1939 at Fort DuPont, Delaware

Redesignated 16 June 1942 as the 70th Engineer Light Ponton Company

Inactivated 25 January 1946 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey

Redesignated 3 December 1946 as the 70th Engineer Construction Company

Activated 9 June 1947 on Guam as the 70th Engineer Construction Company (Philippine Scouts)

Inactivated 16 December 1948 on Guam

Activated 1 August 1950 at Fort Dix, New Jersey, as the 70th Engineer Construction Company

Inactivated 25 March 1954 at Fort Dix, New Jersey

Redesignated 5 December 1956 as the 70th Engineer Company

Activated 24 December 1956 in France

Inactivated 19 February 1964 in France

Activated 15 November 1966 at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland

Inactivated 23 August 1969 at Fort Lewis, Washington

Activated 16 August 1988 at Fort Shafter, Hawaii

 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

World War II
Rhineland
Central Europe

Vietnam
Counteroffensive, Phase III
Tet Counteroffensive
Counteroffensive, Phase IV
Counteroffensive, Phase V
Counteroffensive, Phase VI
Tet 69/Counteroffensive
Summer-Fall 1969

 

DECORATIONS

Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered BINH DINH AND QUANG NGAI

 

BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:

 

ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Center of Military History


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