523d Engineer Company
Lineage and Honors Information as of 28 March 2008
523d Engineer Company Lineage
Constituted 3 April 1944 in the Army of the United States as the 523d Engineer Maintenance Company
Activated 10 May 1944 at Camp Bowie, Texas
Inactivated 15 April 1946 in the Philippines
Redesignated 11 March 1947 as Headquarters, 523d Engineer Service Company
Activated 21 April 1947 on Shemya Island, Alaska
Inactivated 23 August 1948 on Shemya Island, Alaska
Redesignated 18 November 1948 as the 523d Engineer Petroleum Distribution Company
Allotted 29 November 1948 to the Regular Army
Activated 17 January 1949 at Fort Belvoir, Virginia
Reorganized and redesignated 1 December 1951 as the 523d Engineer Pipeline Company
Reorganized and redesignated 27 March 1954 as the 523d Engineer Company
Inactivated 15 August 1955 in Korea
Activated 8 July 1957 at Fort Belvoir, Virginia
Inactivated 16 September 1962 in Germany
Activated 3 June 1966 at Fort Belvoir, Virginia
Inactivated 29 January 1972 in Vietnam
Activated 16 October 2007 at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii
523d Engineer Company Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
Korean War: CCF Intervention; First UN Counteroffensive; CCF Spring Offensive; UN Summer-Fall Offensive; Second Korean Winter; Korea, Summer-Fall 1952; Third Korean Winter; Korea, Summer 1953
Vietnam: 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; Consolidation II
Decorations
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered KOREA 1953-1954
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1971
Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 1950-1952
Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 1952-1953
Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1968-1970