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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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