Lineage And Honors Information
Lineage and Honors Information as of 15 June 2015
557th Medical Company
- Constituted 9 January 1943 in the Army of the United States as Company C, 435th Medical Ambulance Battalion
- Activated 25 January 1943 at Fort Shafter, Hawaii
- Reorganized and redesignated 21 December 1943 as the 557th Medical Ambulance Company, Motor
- Reorganized and redesignated 6 May 1945 as the 557th Motor Ambulance Company
- Inactivated 30 November 1945 at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii
- Redesignated 13 July 1951 as the 557th Medical Ambulance Company and allotted to the Regular Army
- Activated 7 August 1951 at Camp Pickett, Virginia
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 April 1953 as the 557th Medical Company
Campaign Participation Credit
- World War II
- Asiatic-Pacific Theater,
- Streamer without inscription
- War on Terrorism
- Campaigns to be Determined
Decorations
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2004
- Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 1995-1996
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
RICHARD W. STEWART, PH.D.
Chief of Military History