Lineage and Honors Information as of 13 December 2010
704th ORDNANCE COMPANY
Constituted 11 January 1944 in the Army of the United States as the 140th Ordnance Bomb Disposal Squad
Activated 7 May 1944 in Italy
Reorganized and redesignated 1 January 1945 as the 140th Ordnance Service Detachment
Reorganized and redesignated 8 April 1945 as the 140th Ordnance Bomb Disposal Squad
Inactivated 10 May 1946 in Italy
Redesignated 22 January 1951 as the 40th Explosive Ordnance Disposal Squad and allotted to the Regular Army
Activated 25 June 1951 at Raritan Arsenal, New Jersey
Reorganized and redesignated 15 June 1954 as the 40th Ordnance Detachment
Reorganized and redesignated 16 June 1997 as the 704th Ordnance Company
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
World War II
European-African-Middle Eastern Theater, Streamer without inscription
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
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
PETER D. CREAN
COL, LG
Director, Center of Military History