Lineage And Honors Information
Lineage and Honors Information as of 31 January 2012
62d Engineer Detachment
- Constituted 24 June 1943 in the Army of the United States as the 1413th Engineer Mobile Searchlight Maintenance Unit
- Activated 15 July 1943 at Schenectady Army Service Forces Depot, New York
- Redesignated 8 April 1945 as the 1413th Engineer Searchlight Maintenance Detachment
- Redesignated 30 June 1947 as the 62d Engineer Searchlight Maintenance Detachment
- Inactivated 20 February 1948 on Guam
- Allotted 31 October 1950 to the Regular Army
- Activated 29 November 1950 at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri
- Inactivated 15 August 1952 at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri
- Redesignated 16 April 1956 as the 62d Engineer Detachment
- Activated 1 July 1956 at Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota
- Inactivated 23 December 1960 at Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota
- Activated 25 June 1965 at Fort Belvoir, Virginia
- Inactivated 17 February 1969 in Vietnam
- Activated 16 June 1987 at Fort Richardson, Alaska
- Inactivated 15 August 1988 at Fort Richardson, Alaska
- Activated 16 October 2007 at Anchorage, Alaska
Campaign Participation Credit
- World War II
- Asiatic-Pacific Theater,
- Streamer without inscription
- War on Terrorism
- Vietnam
- Defense
- Counteroffensive
- Counteroffensive, Phase II
- Counteroffensive, Phase III
- Tet Counteroffensive
- Counteroffensive, Phase IV
- Counteroffensive, Phase V
- Counteroffensive, Phase VI
Decorations
None
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
RICHARD W. STEWART
Chief of Military History