Lineage And Honors Information
Lineage and Honors Information as of 20 November 2012
570th ENGINEER COMPANY
- Constituted 5 May 1943 in the Army of the United States as the 570th Engineer Dump Truck Company
- Activated 15 July 1943 at Camp Claiborne, Louisiana
- Inactivated 15 May 1947 in the Philippines
- Redesignated 12 August 1948 as the 570th Engineer Water Supply Company
- Activated 15 September 1948 in Japan
- Allotted 25 October 1951 to the Regular Army
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 April 1954 as the 570th Engineer Company
- Inactivated 25 March 1959 in Korea
- Activated 24 June 1959 at Fort Belvoir, Virginia
- Inactivated 25 March 1963 at Fort Belvoir, Virginia
- Assigned 3 December 1969 to the 5th Infantry Division and activated at Fort Carson, Colorado
- Inactivated 15 December 1970 at Fort Carson, Colorado
- Activated 21 June 1975 at Fort Polk, Louisiana
- Inactivated 21 July 1975 at Fort Polk, Louisiana, and relieved from assignment to the 5th Infantry Division
- Activated 16 May 2007 at Fort Lewis, Washington
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
- World War II
- New Guinea (with arrowhead)
- Leyte
- Korean War
- UN Defensive
- 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
- War on Terrorism
- Iraq:
- Iraqi Surge
- Iraqi Sovereignty
- (Additional campaigns to be determined)
DECORATIONS
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered KOREA 1950-1951
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered KOREA 1953
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2008-2009
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN 2011-2012
- Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 1944 TO 4 JULY 1945
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Center of Military History