Lineage and Honors Information as of 22 March 2021

74th Engineer Company

  • Constituted 1 October 1933 in the Regular Army as the 74th Engineer Company
  • Activated 15 July 1941 at Fort Riley, Kansas
  • Reorganized and redesignated 16 June 1942 as the 74th Engineer Light Ponton Company
  • Inactivated 31 January 1946 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey
  • Redesignated 19 August 1949 as the 74th Engineer Heavy Equipment Company
  • Activated 1 October 1949 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina
  • Reorganized and redesignated 1 April 1954 as the 74th Engineer Company
  • Inactivated 25 June 1958 in Korea
  • Activated 24 July 1964 at Atlanta Army Depot, Georgia
  • Inactivated 24 June 1967 at Atlanta Army Depot, Georgia
  • Activated 17 October 1992 at Fort Hood, Texas

Campaign Participation Credit

  • World War II
  • American Theater,
      Streamer without inscription
  • Rhineland
  • Central Europe
  • Korean War
  • UN Defensive
  • UN Offensive
  • CCF Intervention
  • First UN Counteroffensive
  • CCF Spring Offensive
  • UN Summer-Fall Offensive
  • Second Korean Winter
  • Korea, Summer-Fall 1952
  • Third Korean Winter
  • Korea, Summer 1953
  • War on Terrorism
  • Campaigns to be determined

Decorations

  • Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2004
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered ALCAN HIGHWAY
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered KOREA 1950-1951
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA 2005-2006
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2007-2009
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA 2011
  • Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 1995-1996
  • Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 1996-1997

By Order of the Secretary of the Army:

CHARLES R. BOWERY, JR.
Chief of Military History


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