Lineage and Honors Information as of 12 September 2013
704th ENGINEER COMPANY
- Constituted 8 December 1942 in the Army of the United States as the 704th Engineer Petroleum Distribution Unit
- Activated 20 December 1942 at Camp Claiborne, Louisiana
- Redesignated 24 July 1943 as the 704th Engineer Petroleum Distribution Company
- Inactivated 5 December 1946 at Fort Lewis, Washington
- Redesignated 25 March 1948 as the 704th Engineer Dump Truck Company and allotted to the Organized Reserve Corps
- Activated 9 April 1948 at Utica, New York
- (Organized Reserve Corps redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)
- Ordered into active military service 14 August 1950 at Utica, New York
- Reorganized and redesignated 27 March 1954 as the 704th Engineer Company
- Released from active military service 26 April 1955 and reverted to reserve status
- Inactivated 1 August 1959 at Utica, New York
- Activated 16 February 1983 at Texarkana, Arkansas
- Location changed 16 November 1993 to Pine Bluff, Arkansas
- Inactivated 15 January 1996 at Pine Bluff, Arkansas
- Activated 17 September 2008 at Hot Springs, Arkansas
- Ordered into active military service 2 November 2012 at Hot Springs, Arkansas
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
- World War II
- Naples-Foggia
- Rome-Arno
- 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
- War on Terrorism
- Campaigns to be determined
DECORATIONS
- Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 1950-1952
- Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 1952-1953
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Center of Military History
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