868th ENGINEER COMPANY

Organized in 1891 in the Florida State Troops at Live Oak as the Suwannee Rifles
Reorganized and redesignated in 1892 as Company D, 3d Battalion of Infantry
Redesignated in 1895 as Company A, 4th Battalion of Infantry
Mustered into Federal service 23 May 1898 at Tampa as Company L, 1st Florida Volunteer Infantry; mustered out of Federal service 3 December 1898 at Tampa
Reorganized and redesignated in August 1899 as Company E, 1st Regiment of Infantry
(Florida State Troops redesignated in 1909 as the Florida National Guard)
Disbanded in 1912 at Live Oak
Reorganized in April 1917 in the Florida National Guard at Live Oak as Company E, 1st Regiment of Infantry
Drafted into Federal service 5 August 1917 at Jacksonville
Reorganized and redesignated 1 October 1917 as the 5th Company, 56th Depot Brigade, an element of the 31st Division
(56th Depot Brigade demobilized 31 October 1917 at Camp Wheeler, Georgia, and personnel transferred to other organizations in the 31st Division)
Former Company E, 1st Regiment of Infantry, reorganized and Federally recognized
11 February 1920 in the Florida National Guard at Live Oak as the 3d Separate Company, Infantry
Reorganized and redesignated 5 January 1921 as Company E, 1st Infantry
Redesignated 19 December 1921 as Company E, 154th Infantry, an element of the 39th Division
Redesignated 1 July 1923 as Company E, 124th Infantry, an element of the 31st Division
Inducted into Federal service 25 November 1940 at Live Oak
(124th Infantry relieved 13 June 1946 from assignment to the 31st Division [later redesignated as the 31st Infantry Division])
Inactivated 2 March 1944 at Fort Jackson, South Carolina
Activated 5 April 1944 in Australia as an element of the 31st Infantry Division
Inactivated 16 December 1945 at Camp Stoneman, California
(124th Infantry relieved 13 June 1946 from assignment to the 31st Infantry Division; assigned 5 July 1946 to the 48th Infantry Division [later redesignated as the 48th Armored Division])
Reorganized and Federally recognized 8 October 1946 in the Florida National Guard at Live Oak as Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 124th Infantry
Converted, reorganized, and redesignated 1 November 1955 as Company A, 187th Tank Battalion, an element of the 48th Armored Division
Reorganized and redesignated 15 April 1959 as Company A, 1st Medium Tank Battalion, 187th Armor, an element of the 48th Armored Division
Reoganized and redesignated 15 February 1963 as Company A, 1st Battalion, 187th Armor, an element of the 53d Separate Infantry Brigade (later redesignated as the 53d Armored Brigade)
Converted, reorganized, and redesignated 20 January 1968 as Company C, 3d Battalion, 124th Infantry, an element of the 53d Infantry Brigade
Converted, reorganized, and redesignated 1 December 1968 as the 269th Engineer Company and relieved from assignment to the 53d Infantry Brigade
Ordered into active Federal service 21 November 1990 at Live Oak; released from active Federal service 16 May 1991 and reverted to state control
Ordered into active Federal service 3 February 2003 at Live Oak; released from active Federal service 19 June 2004 and reverted to state control
Reorganized and redesignated 1 September 2007 as the 868th Engineer Company
HOME STATION: Live Oak

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

World War II
New Guinea (with arrowhead)
Philippines

Southwest Asia
Liberation and Defense of Kuwait
Cease-Fire

War on Terrorism
Campaigns to be determined

DECORATIONS

Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered MINDANAO
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA 1990-1991
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2003
Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 1944 TO 4 JULY 1945

BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:

ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Center of Military History