720th Ordnance Company
Lineage and Honors Information as of 1 October 2007
720th Ordnance Company Lineage
Constituted 12 August 1943 in the Army of the United States as the 20th Ordnance Bomb Disposal Squad
Activated 14 August 1943 at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland
Inactivated 31 October 1945 in Germany
Redesignated 26 October 1949 as the 20th Explosive Ordnance Disposal Squad
Activated 1 December 1949 in Germany
Allotted 10 March 1952 to the Regular Army
Reorganized and redesignated 20 May 1955 as the 20th Ordnance Detachment
Reorganized and redesignated 16 June 1998 as the 720th Ordnance Company
720th Ordnance Company Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
World War II: Normandy; Northern France; Rhineland; Ardennes-Alsace; Central Europe
War on Terrorism: Afghanistan
Decorations
Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 2001-2002