Lineage And Honors Information
Lineage and Honors Information as of 12 September 2013
569th Engineer Company
- Constituted 5 May 1943 in the Army of the United States as the 569th Engineer Dump Truck Company
- Activated 15 July 1943 at Camp Ellis, Illinois
- Inactivated 27 November 1945 at Camp Claiborne, Louisiana
- Activated 30 November 1946 in Germany
- Inactivated 20 August 1947 in Germany
- Redesignated 11 October 1954 as the 569th Engineer Company and allotted to the Regular Army
- Activated 3 December 1954 in Germany
- Inactivated 19 December 1955 in Germany
- Activated 1 February 1963 at Fort Hood, Texas
- Inactivated 14 February 1970 in Vietnam
- Activated 17 October 2006 at Fort Carson, Colorado
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
- World War II:
- Normandy
- Northern France
- Vietnam:
- Defense
- Counteroffensive
- Counteroffensive, Phase II
- Counteroffensive, Phase III
- Tet Counteroffensive
- Counteroffensive, Phase IV
- Counteroffensive, Phase V
- Counteroffensive, Phase VI
- Tet 69/Counteroffensive
- Summer-Fall 1969
- Winter-Spring 1970
- War on Terrorism
- Afghanistan:
- Consolidation II
- Consolidation III
- Iraq:
- Iraqi Sovereignty
- (Additional campaigns to be determined)
DECORATIONS
- Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered SOUTHERN AFGHANISTAN 2009-2010
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1967-1968
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN 2012
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Center of Military History