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665th Engineer Company

Lineage and Honors Information as of 6 October 2008

665th Engineer Company Lineage

Constituted 30 July 1942 in the Army of the United States as Detachment, 563d Engineer Boat Maintenance Company

Activated 6 August 1942 at Osterville, Massachusetts

Reorganized and redesignated 1 June 1943 as the 2d Platoon, Company B, 563d Engineer Boat Maintenance Battalion

Reorganized and redesignated 9 June 1944 as the 1463d Engineer Maintenance Company

Inactivated 22 December 1945 at Camp Stoneman, California

Redesignated 17 November 1948 as the 665th Engineer Maintenance Company, and allotted to the Organized Reserve Corps

Activated 8 December 1948 at Butler, Pennsylvania

Inactivated 24 October 1950 at Butler, Pennsylvania

Redesignated 8 June 1954 as the 665th Engineer Company

Activated 2 July 1954 at Easton, Pennsylvania

Location changed 16 April 1957 to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Inactivated 22 February 1963 at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Activated 16 September 2008 at Brookville, Pennsylvania

665th Engineer Company Honors

Campaign Participation Credit

World War II: New Guinea, Bismarck Archipelago

Decorations

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered PACIFIC THEATER


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