Lineage And Honors Information
Lineage and Honors Information as of 14 March 2014
659th ENGINEER COMPANY
- Constituted 14 November 1945 in the Army of the United States as the 1283d Engineer Maintenance Detachment
- Activated 20 December 1945 in France
- Inactivated 30 December 1946 in France
- Redesignated 2 December 1948 as the 659th Engineer Maintenance Company and allotted to the Organized Reserve Corps
- Activated 5 January 1949 at Aberdeen, Washington
- Inactivated 15 September 1950 at Aberdeen, Washington
- (Organized Reserve Corps redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)
- Redesignated 22 November 1954 as the 659th Engineer Company
- Activated 20 December 1954 at Shelton, Washington
- Inactivated 20 June 1959 at Shelton, Washington
- Activated 15 March 1963 at Seattle, Washington
- Inactivated 22 December 1965 at Seattle, Washington
- Activated 10 January 1968 at Spokane, Washington
- Ordered into active military service 12 October 2004 at Spokane, Washington; released from active military service 9 April 2006 and reverted to reserve status
- Location changed 12 August 2010 to Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington
- Ordered into active military service 1 October 2013 at Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington
Campaign Participation Credit
- War on Terrorism
- Campaigns to be determined
Decorations
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2005
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
Robert J. Dalessandro
Director, Center of Military History