Lineage And Honors Information
Lineage and Honors Information as of 9 October 2015
74th Engineer Detachment
- Constituted 20 October 1944 in the Army of the United States as the 1747th Engineer Service Detachment
- Activated 16 December 1944 at Fort Belvoir, Virginia
- Inactivated 6 May 1946 at Fort Belvoir, Virginia
- Allotted 5 January 1958 to the Regular Army; concurrently redesignated as the 74th Engineer Detachment and activated at Fort Belvoir, Virginia
- Inactivated 20 March 1971 in Vietnam
- Activated 2 August 1988 at Fort Eustis, Virginia
Campaign Participation Credit
- Vietnam
- Counteroffensive, Phase VI
- Tet 69/Counteroffensive
- Summer-Fall 1969
- Winter-Spring 1970
- Sanctuary Counteroffensive
- Counteroffensive, Phase VII
- Consolidation I
- Armed Forces Expeditions
- Somalia
- Southwest Asia
- Liberation and Defense of Kuwait
- Cease-Fire
- War on Terrorism
- Global War on Terrorism
Decorations
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1969
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1970- 1971
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA 1990-1991
- Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 1994
- Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 2005
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
RICHARD W. STEWART
Chief of Military History