Lineage And Honors Information
Lineage and Honors Information as of 20 May 2015
688th Engineer Company
- Constituted 16 November 1948 in the Organized Reserve Corps as the 688th Engineer Maintenance Company
- Activated 30 November 1948 at Lafayette, Louisiana
- Location changed 1 August 1950 to Houma, Louisiana
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 December 1951 as the 688th Engineer Field Maintenance Company
- (Organized Reserve Corps redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)
- Reorganized and redesignated 28 September 1953 as the 688th Engineer Company
- Ordered into active military service 15 October 1961 at Houma, Louisiana; released from active military service 4 August 1962 and reverted to reserve status
- Inactivated 31 January 1968 at Houma, Louisiana
- Activated 16 February 2008 at Harrison, Arkansas
- Ordered into active military service 13 April 2008 at Harrison, Arkansas; released from active military service 17 May 2009 and reverted to reserve status
Campaign Participation Credit
- War on Terrorism
- Iraq:
- Iraqi Surge
- Iraqi Sovereignty
DECORATIONS
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2008-2009
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
RICHARD W. STEWART, Ph.D.
Chief of Military History