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Lineage and Honors Information as of 6 February 2013

357th ENGINEER COMPANY

  • Constituted 26 January 1945 in the Army of the United States as the 2837th Engineer Petroleum Distribution Company
  • Activated 14 February 1945 in France
  • Inactivated 19 November 1945 at Fort Lewis, Washington
  • Redesignated 27 June 1947 as the 357th Engineer Dump Truck Company and allotted to the Organized Reserves
  • Activated 20 July 1947 at Tampa, Florida
  • (Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)
  • Location changed 1 June 1951 to Battleboro, North Carolina; on 1 January 1952 to Rocky Mount, North Carolina
  • Reorganized and redesignated 5 April 1954 as the 357th Engineer Company
  • Inactivated 15 May 1959 at Rocky Mount, North Carolina
  • Activated 16 September 2008 at Asheville, North Carolina

Campaign Participation Credit

  • World War II
  • Rhineland
  • Central Europe

Decorations

  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered EUROPEAN THEATER

By Order of the Secretary of the Army:

Robert J. Dalessandro
Director, Center of Military History


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