Lineages and Honors Information
Engineer Company

Lineage and Honors Information as of 22 March 2021

576th Engineer Company

  • Constituted 15 October 1921 in the Organized Reserves as the 576th Engineer Train
  • Redesignated 7 May 1930 as the 576th Engineer Company
  • Withdrawn 1 January 1938 from allotment to the Organized Reserves and allotted to the Regular Army
  • Activated 15 July 1941 at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri
  • Reorganized and redesignated 18 March 1943 as the 576th Engineer Dump Truck Company
  • Inactivated 30 May 1947 in the Philippines
  • Redesignated 17 December 1951 as the 576th Engineer Searchlight Company
  • Activated 18 January 1952 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina
  • Inactivated 18 August 1952 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina
  • Redesignated 10 January 1967 as the 576th Engineer Company
  • Activated 1 March 1967 at Fort Carson, Colorado
  • Inactivated 15 May 1968 at Fort Carson, Colorado
  • Activated 17 October 2006 at Fort Carson, Colorado

Campaign Participation Credit

  • World War II
  • East Indies
  • Papua
  • New Guinea
  • Leyte
  • Luzon
  • War on Terrorism
  • Afghanistan:
  • Consolidation II
  • Consolidation III
  • Iraq:
  • Iraqi Sovereignty
  • (Additional campaigns to be determined)

Decorations

  • Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered PAPUA
  • Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered SOUTHERN AFGHANISTAN 2009-2010
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN 2011-2012
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN 2013-2014
  • Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 1944 TO 4 JULY 1945

By Order of the Secretary of the Army:

CHARLES R. BOWERY, JR.
Chief of Military History


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