Lineages and Honors Information
Engineer Company
Lineage and Honors Information as of 22 March 2021
509th Engineer Company
- Constituted 24 June 1942 in the Army of the United States as the 509th Engineer Light Ponton Company
- Activated 15 July 1942 at Camp Gruber, Oklahoma
- Inactivated 12 October 1945 at Camp Patrick Henry, Virginia
- Redesignated 1 March 1963 as the 509th Engineer Company and allotted to the Regular Army
- Activated 26 March 1963 at Fort Riley, Kansas
- Inactivated 29 August 1971 in Vietnam
- Activated 1 October 1980 at Fort Riley, Kansas
- Inactivated 15 July 1984 at Fort Riley, Kansas
- Activated 16 May 2007 at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri
Campaign Participation Credit
- World War II
- Normandy
- Northern France
- Rhineland
- Ardennes-Alsace
- Central Europe
- Vietnam
- Defense
- Counteroffensive
- 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
- Sanctuary Counteroffensive
- Counteroffensive, Phase VII
- Consolidation I
- War on Terrorism
- Iraq:
- Iraqi Surge
- Iraqi Sovereignty
- (Additional campaigns to be determined)
Decorations
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1966-1968
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1970-1971
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2008-2009
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN 2011-2012
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN 2018
- Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1970-1971
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
CHARLES R. BOWERY, JR.
Chief of Military History