Lineage And Honors Information
Lineage and Honors Information as of 20 June 2012
59th ENGINEER COMPANY
- Constituted 8 December 1942 in the Army of the United States as the 59th Engineer Combat Company
- Activated 19 December 1942 in the Panama Canal Zone
- Reorganized and redesignated 22 September 1944 as the 59th Engineer Service Company
- Inactivated 28 February 1946 in the Philippines
- Redesignated 13 November 1946 as the 59th Engineer Construction Company
- Activated 25 November 1946 at Camp A.P. Hill, Virginia
- Allotted 24 September 1951 to the Regular Army
- Reorganized and redesignated 15 October 1953 as the 59th Engineer Company
- Inactivated 1 September 1955 in Alaska
- Activated 1 June 1957 at Fort Ord, California
- Inactivated 4 January 1968 at Fort Ord, California
- Activated 1 January 1969 in Vietnam
- Inactivated 26 December 1971 in Vietnam
- Activated 17 April 1990 in Panama with personnel from the 59th Engineer Company (Provisional) (organized 29 June 1989 in Panama)
- Inactivated 15 October 1994 in Panama
- Activated 16 October 2005 at Fort Hood, Texas
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
- World War II
- New Guinea
- Bismarck Archipelago (with arrowhead)
- Luzon
- Vietnam
- Counteroffensive, Phase VI
- Tet 69/Counteroffensive
- Summer-Fall 1969
- Winter-Spring 1970
- Sanctuary Counteroffensive
- Counteroffensive, Phase VII
- Consolidation I
- Armed Forces Expeditions
- Panama
- War on Terrorism
- Campaigns to be determined
DECORATIONS
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered PACIFIC THEATER
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1969-1970
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN 2011
- Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 1990
- Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 1944 TO 4 JULY 1945
- Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1970-1971
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Center of Military History