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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  • Redesignated 25 August 1952 as the 618th Engineer Light Equipment Company; concurrently withdrawn from the Army Reserve and allotted to the Regular Army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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