Lineage and Honors Information as of 12 September 2014
57th Engineer Company
- Constituted 3 April 1944 in the Army of the United States as the 1491st Engineer Maintenance Company
- Activated 1 September 1944 in the Solomon Islands
- Inactivated 24 December 1945 in Japan
- Redesignated 11 April 1947 as the 57th Engineer Service Company
- Activated 3 May 1947 on Guam as a Philippine Scout unit
- Inactivated 20 February 1948 in the Mariana Islands, and withdrawn from the Philippine Scouts
- Redesignated 11 September 1950 as the 57th Engineer Heavy Shop Company
- Activated 1 October 1950 at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri
- Allotted 13 September 1951 to the Regular Army
- Reorganized and redesignated 15 January 1953 as the 57th Engineer Company
- Inactivated 20 September 1975 in Germany
- Activated 16 October 2008 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
- World War II
- New Guinea
- Leyte
- Luzon
- War on Terrorism
- Campaigns to be determined
DECORATIONS
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN 2009-2010
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN 2013
- 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
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