Lineage and Honors Information as of 18 February 2011
369th ENGINEER DETACHMENT
Constituted 14 March 1944 in the Army of the United States as the 2154th Engineer Aviation Fire Fighting Platoon
Activated 27 March 1944 in England
Inactivated 31 December 1945 in Germany
Redesignated 6 July 1948 as the 369th Engineer Fire Fighting Platoon and allotted to the Organized Reserve Corps
Activated 16 July 1948 at Cleveland, Ohio
Inactivated 19 July 1949 at Cleveland, Ohio
Activated 6 October 1949 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
(Organized Reserve Corps redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)
Reorganized and redesignated 16 September 1953 as the 369th Engineer Platoon
Redesignated 6 September 1954 as the 369th Engineer Detachment
Ordered into active military service 15 October 1961 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; released from active military service 7 August 1962 and reverted to reserve status
Redesignated 7 January 1963 as the 369th Engineer Platoon
Location changed 31 January 1975 to the North Penn Memorial United States Army Reserve Center in the Norristown, Pennsylvania, area
Ordered into active military service 22 December 1995 at Norristown, Pennsylvania; released from active military service 2 September 1996 and reverted to reserve status
Reorganized and redesignated 16 September 1998 as the 369th Engineer Detachment
Ordered into active military service 10 February 2003 at Norristown, Pennsylvania; released from active military service 25 June 2004 and reverted to reserve status
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
World War II
Normandy
Northern France
Rhineland
Central Europe
War on Terrorism
Campaigns to be determined
DECORATIONS
Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 1996
Belgian Fourragere 1940
Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in Belgium
Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in the Ardennes
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
PETER D. CREAN
COL, LG
Director, Center of Military History