Constituted 18 November 1942 in the Army of the United States as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1051st Engineer Port Construction and Repair Group

Activated 25 November 1942 at Fort Screven, Georgia

Redesignated 22 December 1944 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1051st Engineer Port Construction and Repair

Inactivated 19 October 1946 in France

Redesignated 8 April 1948 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 497th Engineer Port Construction and Repair, and allotted to the Organized Reserve Corps

Activated 5 May 1948 at Portland, Oregon

Inactivated 18 September 1950 at Portland, Oregon

(Organized Reserve Corps redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)

Redesignated 11 June 1954 as the 497th Engineer Company, concurrently withdrawn from the Army Reserve and allotted to the Regular Army

Activated 30 June 1954 at Fort Belvoir, Virginia

Inactivated 26 April 1972 in Vietnam

Activated 21 February 1973 at Fort Eustis, Virginia

Inactivated 15 September 1995 at Fort Eustis, Virginia

Activated 16 October 2010 at Fort Carson, Colorado

 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

                                                            World War II
                                                            Sicily
                                                            Naples-Foggia (with arrowhead)
                                                            Rome-Arno
                                                            Southern France
                                                            Rhineland
                                                            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
                                                            Consolidation II
                                                            Cease-Fire

DECORATIONS

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered EUROPEAN THEATER

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1965-1967

Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1969

Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1970-1971

 

BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY: