573d Engineer Company
Lineage and Honors Information as of 6 February 2009
573d Engineer Company Lineage
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
573d Engineer Company Honors
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;
Decorations
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