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Lineage and Honors Information as of 14 March 2014

668th ENGINEER COMPANY

  • Constituted 19 March 1942 in the Army of the United States as the 668th Engineer Company
  • Activated 15 April 1942 at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland, as the 668th Engineer Topographic Company, Corps
  • Inactivated 31 October 1945 at Camp Shanks, New York
  • Allotted 12 November 1948 to the Organized Reserve Corps
  • Activated 1 December 1948 at New York, New York
  • (Organized Reserve Corps redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)
  • Reorganized and redesignated 15 September 1953 as the 668th Engineer Company
  • Location changed 14 July 1958 to Fort Tilden, New York
  • Inactivated 1 May 1959 at Fort Tilden, New York
  • Activated 16 September 2008 at Orangeburg, New York
  • Ordered into active military service 8 November 2011 at Orangeburg, New York; released from active military service 11 December 2012 and reverted to reserve status

Campaign Participation Credit

  • World War II
  • Normandy
  • Northern France
  • Rhineland
  • Ardennes-Alsace
  • War on Terrorism
  • Campaigns to be determined

Decorations

  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN 2011-2012

By Order of the Secretary of the Army:

Robert J. Dalessandro
Director, Center of Military History


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