Lineage and Honors Information as of 14 March 2014
668th ENGINEER COMPANY
- Constituted 19 March 1942 in the Army of the United States as the 668th Engineer Company
- Activated 15 April 1942 at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland, as the 668th Engineer Topographic Company, Corps
- Inactivated 31 October 1945 at Camp Shanks, New York
- Allotted 12 November 1948 to the Organized Reserve Corps
- Activated 1 December 1948 at New York, New York
- (Organized Reserve Corps redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)
- Reorganized and redesignated 15 September 1953 as the 668th Engineer Company
- Location changed 14 July 1958 to Fort Tilden, New York
- Inactivated 1 May 1959 at Fort Tilden, New York
- Activated 16 September 2008 at Orangeburg, New York
- Ordered into active military service 8 November 2011 at Orangeburg, New York; released from active military service 11 December 2012 and reverted to reserve status
Campaign Participation Credit
- World War II
- Normandy
- Northern France
- Rhineland
- Ardennes-Alsace
- War on Terrorism
- Campaigns to be determined
Decorations
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN 2011-2012
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
Robert J. Dalessandro
Director, Center of Military History
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