689th Engineer Company
Lineage and Honors Information as of 24 June 2009
689th Engineer Company Lineage
Constituted 12 August 1943 in the Army of the United States as the 689th Engineer Equipment Company
Activated 14 August 1943 at Camp Claiborne, Louisiana
Reorganized and redesignated 1 November 1943 as the 689th Engineer Base Equipment Company
Inactivated 31 March 1946 in Japan
Redesignated 2 November 1948 as the 689th Engineer Base Depot Company and allotted to the Organized Reserve Corps
Activated 29 November 1948 at Memphis, Tennessee
Location changed 1 September 1951 to Elizabeth City, North Carolina
Reorganized and redesignated 1 May 1952 as the 689th Engineer Company
(Organized Reserve Corps redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)
Inactivated 15 December 1953 at Elizabeth City, North Carolina
Activated 31 March 1955 at Starkville, Mississippi
Inactivated 15 January 1963 at Starkville, Mississippi
Activated 16 September 2008 at Orlando, Florida
689th Engineer Company Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
World War II: New Guinea; Leyte; Luzon
Decorations
Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 1944 TO 4 JULY 1945