162d Ordnance Company
Lineage and Honors Information as of 20 November 2008
162d Ordnance Company Lineage
Constituted 12 June 1942 in the Army of the United States as the 162d Ordnance Platoon
Activated 23 June 1942 at Camp Edwards, Massachusetts
Reorganized and redesignated 28 July 1943 as the 162d Ordnance Maintenance Company, 2d Engineer Special Brigade
Allotted 26 June 1952 to the Regular Army
Reorganized and redesignated 1 August 1952 as the 162d Ordnance Maintenance Company, 2d Amphibious Support Brigade
Reorganized and redesignated 1 April 1954 as the 162d Ordnance Company, 2d Amphibious Support Brigade
Inactivated 25 July 1955 in Japan
Activated 18 May 1959 at Sandia Base, New Mexico
Inactivated 15 June 1992 in Germany
Activated 16 October 2008 at Fort Bliss, Texas
162d Ordnance Company Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
World War II: New Guinea; Leyte
Korean War: UN Defensive; UN Offensive; CCF Intervention; First UN Counteroffensive; CCF Spring Offensive; UN Summer-Fall Offensive; Korea, Summer-Fall 1953
Decorations
Presidential Unit Citation (Navy), Streamer embroidered INCHON
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered KOREA
Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 1950 - 1952
Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 1944 TO 4 JULY 1945