697th Engineer Company
Lineage and Honors Information as of 13 November 2009
697th Engineer Company Lineage
Constituted 16 July 1943 in the Army of the United States as the 697th Engineer Petroleum Distribution Company,
Activated 4 August 1943 in Tunisia
Inactivated 1 December 1945 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey
Activated 28 December 1946 on Okinawa
Inactivated 1 June 1949 on Okinawa
Redesignated 25 October 1954 as the 697th Engineer Company and allotted to the Regular Army
Activated 15 November 1954 at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri
Inactivated 1 December 1969 in Thailand
Activated 16 September 2009 at Fort Hood, Texas
697th Engineer Company Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
World War II: Naples-Foggia; Rome-Arno; Southern France (with arrowhead); Rhineland; Central Europe
Decorations
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for EUROPEAN THEATER