Lineage and Honors Information as of 8 April 2011
70th ENGINEER COMPANY
Constituted 1 October 1933 in the Regular Army as the 70th Engineer Company
Activated 12 October 1939 at Fort DuPont, Delaware
Redesignated 16 June 1942 as the 70th Engineer Light Ponton Company
Inactivated 25 January 1946 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey
Redesignated 3 December 1946 as the 70th Engineer Construction Company
Activated 9 June 1947 on Guam as the 70th Engineer Construction Company (Philippine Scouts)
Inactivated 16 December 1948 on Guam
Activated 1 August 1950 at Fort Dix, New Jersey, as the 70th Engineer Construction Company
Inactivated 25 March 1954 at Fort Dix, New Jersey
Redesignated 5 December 1956 as the 70th Engineer Company
Activated 24 December 1956 in France
Inactivated 19 February 1964 in France
Activated 15 November 1966 at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland
Inactivated 23 August 1969 at Fort Lewis, Washington
Activated 16 August 1988 at Fort Shafter, Hawaii
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
World War II
Rhineland
Central Europe
Vietnam
Counteroffensive, Phase III
Tet Counteroffensive
Counteroffensive, Phase IV
Counteroffensive, Phase V
Counteroffensive, Phase VI
Tet 69/Counteroffensive
Summer-Fall 1969
DECORATIONS
Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered BINH DINH AND QUANG NGAI
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Center of Military History