659th Maintenance Company
Lineage and Honors Information as of 25 April 2007
659th Maintenance Company Lineage
Constituted 2 November 1918 in the National Army as Service Park Unit No. 485 and organized at Fort Sam Houston, Texas
Redesignated in December 1919 as Service Park Unit No. 367
Allotted 15 July 1920 to the Regular Army
Reorganized and redesignated 29 March 1921 as Motor Repair Section No. 83
Inactivated 15 August 1922 at Fort Bliss, Texas
Activated 31 August 1923 at Fort Sam Houston, Texas
Redesignated 23 March 1925 as the 83d Motor Repair Section
Reorganized and redesignated 1 May 1936 as Company C, 39th Quartermaster Regiment
Reorganized and redesignated 1 June 1940 as Company C, 68th Quartermaster Battalion
Reorganized and redesignated 1 April 1942 as Company C, 68th Quartermaster Medium Maintenance Battalion
Converted and redesignated 1 August 1942 as Company C, 68th Ordnance Medium Maintenance Battalion
Reorganized and redesignated 4 November 1942 as the 3411th Ordnance Medium Maintenance Company
Reorganized and redesignated 17 November 1944 as the 3411th Ordnance Medium Automotive Maintenance Company
Inactivated 20 February 1946 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey
Redesignated 10 February 1947 as the 559th Ordnance Medium Automotive Maintenance Company
Activated 20 June 1947 in Germany
Reorganized and redesignated 1 April 1953 as the 559th Ordnance Company
Inactivated 15 March 1954 in Germany
Activated 1 November 1962 in the Canal Zone
Reorganized and redesignated 17 January 1969 as the 659th Maintenance Company
Inactivated 10 March 1969 in the Canal Zone
Activated 3 May 1971 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina
659th Maintenance Company Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
World War II-EAME: Streamer without inscription
Southwest Asia: Defense of Saudi Arabia; Liberation and Defense of Kuwait; Cease-Fire
Decorations
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for EUROPEAN THEATER
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for SOUTHWEST ASIA 1990-1991