Lineage and Honors Information as of 6 February 2013
357th ENGINEER COMPANY
- Constituted 26 January 1945 in the Army of the United States as the 2837th Engineer Petroleum Distribution Company
- Activated 14 February 1945 in France
- Inactivated 19 November 1945 at Fort Lewis, Washington
- Redesignated 27 June 1947 as the 357th Engineer Dump Truck Company and allotted to the Organized Reserves
- Activated 20 July 1947 at Tampa, Florida
- (Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)
- Location changed 1 June 1951 to Battleboro, North Carolina; on 1 January 1952 to Rocky Mount, North Carolina
- Reorganized and redesignated 5 April 1954 as the 357th Engineer Company
- Inactivated 15 May 1959 at Rocky Mount, North Carolina
- Activated 16 September 2008 at Asheville, North Carolina
Campaign Participation Credit
- World War II
- Rhineland
- Central Europe
Decorations
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered EUROPEAN THEATER
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
Robert J. Dalessandro
Director, Center of Military History
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