Lineage and Honors Information as of 20 June 2012
937th ENGINEER COMPANY
- Constituted 11 April 1944 in the Army of the United States as the 1592d Engineer Utilities Detachment and activated in Scotland
- Inactivated 12 November 1945 in Belgium
- Redesignated 11 December 1946 as the 1592d Engineer Service Detachment
- Activated 20 December 1946 in Germany
- Redesignated 18 June 1947 as the 2d Engineer Service Detachment
- Inactivated 1 September 1947 in Germany
- Redesignated 22 January 1948 as the 537th Engineer Utilities Detachment
- Activated 1 March 1948 in Japan
- Inactivated 25 January 1950 in Japan
- Redesignated 23 May 1952 as the 537th Engineer Aviation Detachment and allotted to the Regular Army
- Activated 26 May 1952 at Fort Belvoir, Virginia
- Reorganized and redesignated 15 February 1953 as the 937th Engineer Aviation Company
- Reorganized and redesignated 2 December 1954 as the 937th Engineer Company
- Inactivated 22 December 1967 in the Panama Canal Zone
- Activated 16 October 2007 at Fort Hood, Texas
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
- World War II
- Northern France
- Rhineland
- War on Terrorism
- Iraq:
- Iraqi Surge
- Iraqi Sovereignty
- (Additional campaigns to be determined)
DECORATIONS
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered EUROPEAN THEATER
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2008-2009
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN 2011
- Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action at Antwerp
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Center of Military History
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