Lineage and Honors Information as of 6 September 2012
618th ENGINEER COMPANY
- Constituted 23 February 1943 in the Army of the United States as the 618th Engineer Equipment Company
- Activated 25 May 1943 at Camp Claiborne, Louisiana
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 November 1943 as the 618th Engineer Base Equipment Company
- Inactivated 15 January 1946 in the Philippines
- Redesignated 6 August 1947 as the 342d Engineer Panel Bridge Transport Company and allotted to the Organized Reserves
- Activated 21 August 1947 at Houston, Texas
- (Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)
- Inactivated 15 December 1950 at Houston, Texas
- Redesignated 25 August 1952 as the 618th Engineer Light Equipment Company; concurrently withdrawn from the Army Reserve and allotted to the Regular Army
- Activated 1 October 1952 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 September 1954 as the 618th Engineer Company
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
- World War II
- New Guinea
- Luzon
- Armed Forces Expeditions
- Dominican Republic
- Grenada
- Southwest Asia
- Defense of Saudi Arabia
- Liberation and Defense of Kuwait
- Cease-Fire
- War on Terrorism
- Campaigns to be determined
DECORATIONS
- Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2003
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered PACIFIC THEATER 1944
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered PACIFIC THEATER 1945
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA 1990-1991
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2006-2007
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN 2009-2010
- Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 1944 TO 4 JULY 1945
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Center of Military History
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