57th Engineer Company
Lineage and Honors Information as of 30 September 2009
57th Engineer Company Lineage
Constituted 3 April 1944 in the Army of the United States as the 1491st Engineer Maintenance Company
Activated 1 September 1944 in the Solomon Islands
Inactivated 24 December 1945 in Japan
Redesignated 11 April 1947 as the 57th Engineer Service Company
Activated 3 May 1947 on Guam as a Philippine Scout unit
Inactivated 20 February 1948 in the Mariana Islands, and withdrawn from the Philippine Scouts
Redesignated 11 September 1950 as the 57th Engineer Heavy Shop Company
Activated 1 October 1950 at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri
Allotted 13 September 1951 to the Regular Army
Reorganized and redesignated 15 January 1953 as the 57th Engineer Company
Inactivated 20 September 1975 in Germany
Activated 16 October 2008 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina
57th Engineer Company Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
World War II: New Guinea; Leyte; Luzon
Decorations
Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 1944 TO 4 JULY 1945