24th Ordnance Company

Lineage and Honors Information as of 15 November 2006

24th Ordnance Company Lineage

Constituted 18 October 1927 in the Regular Army as the 24th Ordnance Company

Activated 1 August 1940 at Fort Riley, Kansas

Reorganized and redesignated 19 July 1943 as the 24th Ordnance Medium Maintenance Company

Inactivated 9 May 1946 in India

Activated 20 September 1950 at Fort Lewis, Washington

Reorganized and redesignated 25 January 1953 as the 24th Ordnance Company

Inactivated 24 June 1955 in Korea

Activated 16 December 1957 in Alaska

Inactivated 1 July 1964 in Alaska

Activated 25 March 1966 at Fort Stewart, Georgia

24th Ordnance Company Honors

Campaign Participation Credit

World War II: India-Burma

Korean War: UN Summer-Fall Offensive; Second Korean Winter; Korea, Summer-Fall 1952; Third Korean Winter; Korea, Summer 1953

Southwest Asia: Defense of Saudi Arabia; Liberation and Defense of Kuwait; Cease-Fire

Decorations

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for SOUTHWEST ASIA 1990-1991

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