Lineages and Honors Information
Engineer Company

Lineage and Honors Information as of 19 July 2021

887th Engineer Company

  • Constituted 25 August 1942 in the Army of the United States as Company B, 871st Airborne Engineer Battalion
  • Activated 1 September 1942 at Westover Field, Massachusetts
  • Reorganized and redesignated 20 November 1942 as the 887th Airborne Engineer Company, Aviation
  • Reorganized and redesignated 9 November 1944 as the 887th Airborne Engineer Aviation Company
  • Disbanded 10 May 1945 at Geiger Field, Washington
  • Reconstituted 27 March 1986 in the Regular Army as the 887th Engineer Company
  • Activated1 March 1987 and at Fort Campbell, Kentucky
  • Inactivated 15 January 2015 at Fort Campbell, Kentucky
  • Activated 16 October 2017 at Fort Campbell, Kentucky

Campaign Participation Credit

  • World War II
  • Tunisia
  • Naples-Foggia
  • Rome-Arno
  • Southern France (with arrowhead)
  • Rhineland
  • Ardennes-Alsace
  • Southwest Asia
  • Defense of Saudi Arabia
  • Liberation and Defense of Kuwait
  • Cease-Fire
  • War on Terrorism
  • Campaigns to be determined

Decorations

  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA 1990-1991
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2006-2007
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2009-2010
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN 2011-2012
  • Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 2018

By Order of the Secretary of the Army:

CHARLES R. BOWERY, JR.
Chief of Military History


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