Lineage And Honors Information
Lineage and Honors Information as of 26 March 2013
573d Engineer Company
- Constituted 29 April 1943 in the Army of the United States as the 573d Engineer Dump Truck Company
- Activated 25 May 1943 at Camp Ellis, Illinois
- Inactivated 20 January 1946 in the Philippines
- Activated 30 November 1946 in Germany
- Inactivated 14 March 1947 in Germany
- Redesignated 18 December 1947 as the 573d Engineer Ponton Bridge Company
- Activated 27 December 1947 at Fort Lewis, Washington
- Allotted 18 May 1949 to the Regular Army
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 April 1954 as the 573d Engineer Company
- Inactivated 1 February 1958 at Fort Campbell, Kentucky
- Activated 15 March 1965 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina
- Inactivated 20 December 1968 in Vietnam
- Activated 16 October 2008 at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
- World War II
- Bismarck Archipelago
- Luzon
- Korean War
- UN Offensive
- CCF Intervention
- First UN Counteroffensive
- CCF Spring Offensive
- UN Summer-Fall Offensive
- Second Korean Winter
- Korea, Summer-Fall 1952
- Third Korean Winter
- Korea, Summer 1953
- Vietnam:
- Counteroffensive, Phase II
- Counteroffensive, Phase III
- Tet Counteroffensive
- Counteroffensive, Phase IV
- Counteroffensive, Phase V
- Counteroffensive, Phase VI
- War on Terrorism
- Campaigns to be determined
DECORATIONS
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer emboidered IRAQ 2009-2010
- Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 1944 TO 4 JULY 1945
- Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1967-1968
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Center of Military History