273d Engineer Detachment
Lineage and Honors Information as of 24 June 2009
273d Engineer Detachment Lineage
Constituted 26 September 1944 in the Army of the United States as the 2073d Engineer Service Team
Activated 25 March 1945 in the Philippines as the 2073d Engineer Aviation Utilities Detachment
Inactivated 20 March 1946 in the Philippines
Redesignated 15 May 1956 as the 273d Engineer Detachment; concurrently allotted to the Regular Army and activated at Wolters
Air Force Base, Texas
Inactivated 24 June 1960 at Fort Bliss, Texas
Activated 1 May 1965 at Granite City Army Depot, Illinois
Inactivated 1 September 1968 in Vietnam
Activated 1 August 1988 at Fort Hood, Texas
Inactivated 20 May 1991 at Fort Hood, Texas
Activated 16 October 2007 at Fort Worth, Texas
273d Engineer Detachment Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
World War II: Leyte
Vietnam: Counteroffensive, Phase II; Counteroffensive, Phase III; Tet Counteroffensive; Counteroffensive, Phase IV; Counteroffensive, Phase V
Decorations
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1966-1967
Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 1944 TO 4 JULY 1945