Lineages and Honors Information
Ordnance / Maintenance
Lineage and Honors Information as of 15 October 2018
789th Ordnance Company
- Constituted 24 June 1944 in the Army of the United States as the 207th Ordnance Bomb Disposal Squad
- Activated 15 July 1944 at Fort Shafter, Territory of Hawaii
- Inactivated 15 January 1946 in the Ryukyu Islands
- Redesignated 22 January 1951 as the 78th Explosive Ordnance Disposal Squad and allotted to the Regular Army
- Activated 17 March 1952 at Raritan Arsenal, New Jersey
- Reorganized and redesignated 14 June 1954 as the 89th Ordnance Detachment
- Reorganized and redesignated 16 June 1997 as the 789th Ordnance Company
Campaign Participation Credit
- World War II
- Air Offensive, Japan
- Southwest Asia
- Cease-Fire
- War on Terrorism
- Iraq:
- Iraqi Surge
- (Additional campaigns to be determined)
Decorations
- Valorous Unit Award (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2004
- Valorous Unit Award (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2006
- Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 1990-1991
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
CHARLES R. BOWERY, JR.
Chief of Military History