161st Engineer Company
Lineage and Honors Information as of 30 September 2009
161st Engineer Company Lineage
Constituted 12 September 1942 in the Army of the United States as Troop A, 161st Engineer Squadron, an element of the 1st Cavalry Division
Activated 15 November 1942 at Fort Bliss, Texas
Relieved 15 March 1943 from assignment to the 1st Cavalry Division
Reorganized and redesignated 1 May 1943 as Company C, 161st Airborne Engineer Battalion
Reorganized and redesignated 2 April 1945 as the 161st Parachute Engineer Company
Inactivated 25 October 1945 in the Philippines
Redesignated 24 July 1946 as the 161st Engineer Parachute Company
Activated 1 August 1946 at Fort Benning, Georgia
Inactivated 14 November 1946 at Fort Benning, Georgia
Redesignated 2 October 1957 as the 161st Engineer Company and allotted to the Regular Army
Activated 15 October 1957 in Japan
Inactivated 15 May 1973 in Korea
Activated 16 October 2008 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina
161st Engineer Company Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
World War II: New Guinea; Luzon (with arrowhead)
Decorations
Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered CORREGIDOR
Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 1944 TO 4 JULY 1945