59th Engineer Detachment
Lineage and Honors Information as of 30 September 2009
59th Engineer Detachment Lineage
Constituted 27 October 1944 in the Army of the United States as the 3095th Engineer Service Detachment
Activated 31 October 1944 in England
Redesignated 10 April 1945 as the 3095th Engineer Refrigeration Maintenance Detachment
Inactivated 25 October 1945 at Fort Belvoir, Virginia
Redesignated 30 September 1966 as the 59th Engineer Detachment and allotted to the Regular Army
Activated 1 December 1966 at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland
Inactivated 26 November 1970 in Vietnam
Activated 1 August 1988 at Fort Ord, California
Inactivated 15 September 1993 at Fort Ord, California
Activated 16 October 2007 at Los Angeles, California
59th Engineer Detachment Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
World War II: European-African-Middle Eastern Theater, Streamer without inscription
Vietnam: 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
Decorations
None