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Lineage and Honors Information as of 20 June 2012

572d ENGINEER COMPANY

  • Constituted 5 May 1943 in the Army of the United States as the 572d Engineer Dump Truck Company
  • Activated 16 August 1943 at Camp Sutton, North Carolina
  • Inactivated 3 December 1945 at Camp Claiborne, Louisiana
  • Activated 30 November 1946 in Germany
  • Inactivated 14 March 1947 in Germany
  • Redesignated 1 February 1955 as the 572d Engineer Company and allotted to the Regular Army
  • Activated 18 March 1955 at Fort Campbell, Kentucky
  • Inactivated 22 March 1971 in Vietnam
  • Activated 16 October 2005 at Fort Hood, Texas

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

  • World War II
  • Normandy
  • Northern France
  • Rhineland
  • Ardennes-Alsace
  • Central Europe
  • Vietnam
  • Counteroffensive
  • Counteroffensive, Phase II
  • Counteroffensive, Phase III
  • Tet Counteroffensive
  • Counteroffensive, Phase IV
  • Counteroffensive, Phase V
  • Counteroffensive, Phase VI
  • Tet 69/Counteroffensive
  • Summer-Fall 1969
  • Winter-Spring 1970
  • Sanctuary Counteroffensive
  • Counteroffensive, Phase VII
  • War on Terrorism
  • Campaigns to be determined

DECORATIONS

  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1966-1967
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1967-1968
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1968-1969
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2007-2008
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN 2011
  • Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1970-1971

BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:

ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Center of Military History


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