Lineage and Honors Information as of 28 January 2015
Headquarters and Headquarters Company,
555th Engineer Brigade
- Constituted 1 February 1943 in the Army of the United States as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1103d Engineer Combat Group
- Activated 25 February 1943 at Fort Devens, Massachusetts
- Inactivated 8 May 1946 in Germany
- Activated 20 January 1947 in Germany
- Redesignated 5 March 1947 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 555th Composite Service Group
- Reorganized and redesignated 7 March 1949 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 555th Engineer Combat Group
- Allotted 16 February 1951 to the Regular Army
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 April 1953 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 555th Engineer Group
- Inactivated 25 June 1969 in Germany
- Activated 18 January 1992 at Fort Lewis, Washington
- Reorganized and redesignated 16 June 2007 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 555th Engineer Brigade
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
- World War II
- Normandy
- Northern France
- Rhineland
- Ardennes-Alsace
- Central Europe
- War on Terrorism
- Iraq:
- Iraqi Governance
- National Resolution
- Iraqi Surge
- Iraqi Sovereignty
- (Additional campaigns to be determined)
DECORATIONS
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA 2003
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2005-2006
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2008-2009
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN 2013
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
RICHARD W. STEWART. PH.D.
Center of Military History
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