Lineage and Honors Information as of 1 May 2019
500th Engineer Company
- Constituted 26 November 1943 in the Army of the United States as the 500th Engineer Light Ponton Company
- Activated 20 December 1943 at Fort DuPont, Delaware
- Reorganized and redesignated 16 November 1945 as the 500th Engineer Panel Bridge Transport Company
- Inactivated 2 December 1948 at Camp Campbell, Kentucky
- Redesignated 28 October 1954 as the 500th Engineer Company; concurrently allotted to the Regular Army, and activated at Fort Bragg, North Carolina
- Inactivated 30 April 1971 in Vietnam
- Activated 16 July 2008 in Germany
Campaign Participation Credit
- World War II
- Central Europe
- Vietnam
- Counteroffensive, Phase II
- Counteroffensive, Phase III
- Tet Counteroffensive
- Counteroffensive, Phase IV
- Counteroffensive, Phase V
- Counteroffensive, Phase VI
- Tet 69/Counteroffensive
- Summer-Fall 1969
- Winter-Spring 1970
- Sanctuary Counteroffensive
- Counteroffensive, Phase VII
- War on Terrorism
- Global War on Terrorism
- (Additional campaigns to be determined)
Decorations
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1966-1968
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ASIA 2010-2011
- Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1967-1970
- Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 2016-2017
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
CHARLES R. BOWERY, JR.
Chief of Military History