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