Lineage and Honors Information as of 27 April 2017

643d Engineer Company

  • Constituted 22 February 1944 in the Army of the United States as the 1486th Engineer Maintenance Company
  • Activated 3 April 1944 at Camp Van Dorn, Mississippi
  • Inactivated 31 March 1946 in Japan
  • Redesignated 25 October 1954 as the 643d Engineer Company, allotted to the Regular Army, and activated at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri
  • Inactivated 15 June 1970 in Vietnam
  • Activated 16 October 2007 at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii

Campaign Participation Credit

  • World War II
  • Luzon
  • 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
  • War on Terrorism
  • Campaigns to be determined

Decorations

  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered LUZON
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1967-1968
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2008-2009
  • Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 2014-2015
  • 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 1967-1969

By Order of the Secretary of the Army:

CHARLES R. BOWERY, JR.
Chief of Military History


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