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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  • Inactivated 20 February 1948 in the Mariana Islands, and withdrawn from the Philippine Scouts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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