509th Engineer Company
Lineage and Honors Information as of 1 June 2007
509th Engineer Company Lineage
Constituted 24 June 1942 in the Army of the United States as the 509th Engineer Light Ponton Company
Activated 15 July 1942 at Camp Gruber, Oklahoma
Inactivated 12 October 1945 at Camp Patrick Henry, Virginia
Redesignated 1 March 1963 as the 509th Engineer Company and allotted to the Regular Army
Activated 26 March 1963 at Fort Riley, Kansas
Inactivated 29 August 1971 in Vietnam
Activated 1 October 1980 at Fort Riley, Kansas
Inactivated 15 July 1984 at Fort Riley, Kansas
Activated 16 May 2007 at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri
509th Engineer Company Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
World War II: Normandy; Northern France; Rhineland; Ardennes-Alsace; Central Europe
Vietnam: Defense; Counteroffensive; 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; Consolidation I
Decorations
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for VIETNAM 1966-1968
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for VIETNAM 1970-1971
Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class for VIETNAM 1970-1971