500th Engineer Company
Lineage and Honors Information as of 22 August 2008
500th Engineer Company Lineage
Constituted 26 November 1943 in the Army of the United States as the 500th Engineer Light Ponton Company
Activated 20 December 1943 at Fort DuPont, Delaware
Reorganized and redesignated 16 November 1945 as the 500th Engineer Panel Bridge Transport Company
Inactivated 2 December 1948 at Camp Campbell, Kentucky
Redesignated 28 October 1954 as the 500th Engineer Company; concurrently allotted to the Regular Army, and activated at Fort
Bragg, North Carolina
Inactivated 30 April 1971 in Vietnam
Activated 16 July 2008 in Germany
500th Engineer Company Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
World War II: Central Europe
Vietnam: Counteroffensive, Phase II; Counteroffensive, Phase III; Tet Counteroffensive; Counteroffensive, Phase IV; Counteroffensive, Phase V; Counteroffensive, Phase VI; Tet 69/Counteroffensive; Summer-Fall 1969; Winter-Spring 1970; Sanctuary Counteroffensive; Counteroffensive, Phase VII
Decorations
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1966-1968
Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1967-1970