562d Engineer Company
Lineage and Honors Information as of 24 April 2007
562d Engineer Company Lineage
Constituted 8 December 1942 in the Army of the United States as the 175th Chemical Smoke Generator Company
Activated 10 February 1943 at Inglewood, California
Converted and redesignated 31 March 1944 as the 1372d Engineer Dump Truck Company
Inactivated 10 February 1946 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey
Activated 2 December 1946 in Germany
Redesignated 18 June 1947 as the 562d Engineer Dump Truck Company
Inactivated 1 September 1947 in Germany
Redesignated 16 December 1957 as the 562d Engineer Company; concurrently allotted to the Regular Army and activated at Fort Richardson, Alaska
(Assigned 24 June 1964 to the 172d Infantry Brigade; relieved 15 April 1986 from assignment to the 172d Infantry Brigade)
Inactivated 15 August 1988 at Fort Richardson, Alaska
Assigned 16 June 1998 to the 172d Infantry Brigade [later redesignated as the 172d Infantry Brigade Combat Team], and activated at Fort Wainwright, Alaska
Inactivated 16 December 2006 at Fort Wainwright, Alaska, and relieved from assignment to the 172d Infantry Brigade Combat Team
Assigned 17 April 2007 to the 5th Brigade Combat Team, 2d Infantry Division, and activated at Fort Lewis, Washington
562d Engineer Company Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
World War II: Rhineland; Central Europe
War on Terrorism: Campaigns to be determined
Decorations
None