575th Support Company
Lineage and Honors Information as of 5 July 2006
575th Support Company Lineage
Constituted 18 July 1942 in the Army of the United States as Company S, 4th Ordnance Ammunition Company, 4th Ordnance Ammunition and Supply Battalion, 305th Ordnance Regiment (Base)
Activated 5 November 1942 at Santa Anita, California
Redesignated 20 June 1943 as the 575th Ordnance Ammunition Company
Inactivated 20 January 1947 in Germany
Activated 1 May 1947 in the Philippines
Inactivated 1 June 1949 on Okinawa
Redesignated 12 May 1954 as the 575th Ordnance Company and allotted to the Regular Army
Activated 1 June 1954 at Fort Hood, Texas
Inactivated 25 September 1956 at Fort Hood, Texas
Activated 31 December 1966 in Germany
Inactivated 15 March 1974 in Germany
Redesignated 15 June 2005 as the 575th Support Company
Activated 16 November 2005 at Fort Hood, Texas
575th Support Company Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
World War II: Normandy; Northern France; Rhineland; Ardennes-Alsace
Decorations
Meritorious Unit Citation (Army) for EUROPEAN THEATER