17th Ordnance Company
Lineage and Honors Information as of 1 June 2006
17th Ordnance Company Lineage
Constituted 19 August 1941 in the Regular Army as the 17th Ordnance Company and activated in the Philippines
Surrendered 9 April 1942 to the Japanese 14th Army
Inactivated 2 April 1946 in the Philippines
Redesignated 24 July 1946 as the 17th Armored Ordnance Maintenance Company
Activated 1 August 1946 at Fort Knox, Kentucky
Reorganized and redesignated 31 January 1950 as the 17th Ordnance Medium Maintenance Company
Reorganized and redesignated 25 January 1953 as the 17th Ordnance Company
Inactivated 13 May 1955 in Korea
Activated 10 April 1956 in the Canal Zone
Inactivated 15 March 1958 in the Canal Zone
Activated 17 November 1958 at Sandia Base, New Mexico
Inactivated 19 December 1972 at Fort Sill, Oklahoma
Activated 20 September 1992 in Korea
17th Ordnance Company Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
World War II: Philippine Islands
Korean War: UN Defensive; UN Offensive; 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
Decorations
Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for LUZON 1941-1942
Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for BATAAN
Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for DEFENSE OF THE PHILIPPINES
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for KOREA 1950-1951
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for KOREA 1951-1952
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for KOREA 1953
Philippine Presidential Unit Citation for 7 DECEMBER 1941 TO 10 MAY 1942