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Lineage and Honors Information as of 18 March 2011

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663d ENGINEER COMPANY

 

            Constituted 19 March 1942 in the Army of the United States as the 663d Engineer Company

            Activated 24 April 1942 at Camp Edwards, Massachusetts

            Reorganized and redesignated 1 April 1943 as the 663d Engineer Topographic Company, Corps

            Inactivated 3 November 1945 at Camp Shanks, New York

            Allotted 6 July 1948 to the Organized Reserve Corps

            Activated 30 July 1948 at Los Angeles, California

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

            Reorganized and redesignated 20 May 1953 as the 663d Engineer Company

            Location changed 10 April 1957 to South Gate, California; on 21 February 1960 to Bell, California

            Ordered into active military service 1 October 1961 at Bell, California; released from active military service 3 August 1962 and reverted to reserve status

            Location changed 13 February 1978 to Long Beach, California

            Inactivated 15 September 1994 at Long Beach, California

            Activated 16 September 2007 at Decatur, Alabama

 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

                                                            World War II
                                                            Normandy
                                                            Northern France
                                                            Rhineland
                                                            Ardennes-Alsace
                                                            Central Europe

DECORATIONS

None

 

 

ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Center of Military History


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