Lineage and Honors Information as of 14 April 2016
161st Engineer Company
- Constituted 12 September 1942 in the Army of the United States as Troop A, 161st Engineer Squadron, an element of the 1st Cavalry Division
- Activated 15 November 1942 at Fort Bliss, Texas
- Relieved 15 March 1943 from assignment to the 1st Cavalry Division
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 May 1943 as Company C, 161st Airborne Engineer Battalion
- Reorganized and redesignated 2 April 1945 as the 161st Parachute Engineer Company
- Inactivated 25 October 1945 in the Philippines
- Redesignated 24 July 1946 as the 161st Engineer Parachute Company
- Activated 1 August 1946 at Fort Benning, Georgia
- Inactivated 14 November 1946 at Fort Benning, Georgia
- Redesignated 2 October 1957 as the 161st Engineer Company and allotted to the Regular Army
- Activated 15 October 1957 in Japan
- Inactivated 15 May 1973 in Korea
- Activated 16 October 2008 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina
Campaign Participation Credit
- World War II
- New Guinea
- Luzon (with arrowhead)
- War on Terrorism
- Campaigns to be determined
Decorations
- Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered CORREGIDOR
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN 2009-2010
- Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 1944 TO
4 JULY 1945
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
CHARLES R. BOWERY, JR.
Chief of Military History
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