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Lineage and Honors Information as of 13 December 2010

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240th ENGINEER DETACHMENT

 

Constituted 12 August 1943 in the Army of the United States as the 1240th Engineer Fire Fighting Platoon

Activated 14 August 1943 at Camp Claiborne, Louisiana

Inactivated 17 December 1945 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey

Redesignated 23 February 1954 as the 240th Engineer Detachment and allotted to the Regular Army

Activated 1 April 1954 in Korea

Inactivated 30 June 1971 in Korea

Activated 16 August 1988 at Fort Richardson, Alaska

Inactivated 15 June 1994 at Fort Wainwright, Alaska

Activated 16 October 2010 at Fort Richardson, Alaska

 

 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

                                                            World War II
                                                            Normandy
                                                            Northern France
                                                            Rhineland
                                                            Ardennes-Alsace
                                                            Central Europe

 

DECORATIONS

None

 

BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:

 

 

PETER D. CREAN
COL, LG
Director, Center of Military History


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