Lineage and Honors Information as of 13 December 2010
444th ENGINEER DETACHMENT
Constituted 26 June 1942 in the Army of the United States as the 456th Engineer Depot Company
Activated 20 July 1942 at Camp Barkeley, Texas
2d Platoon, 456th Engineer Depot Company reorganized and redesignated 21 July 1945 as the 1444th Engineer Supply Detachment (remainder of unit hereafter separate lineage)
Inactivated 5 April 1946 in the Philippines
Redesignated 19 November 1965 as the 444th Engineer Detachment and allotted to the Regular Army
Activated 15 February 1966 at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri
Inactivated 23 August 1968 in Vietnam
Withdrawn 3 May 2004 from the Regular Army and allotted to the Army Reserve
Activated 16 October 2007 at Grand Prairie, Texas
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
World War II
Luzon
Vietnam
Counteroffensive, Phase II
Counteroffensive, Phase III
Tet Counteroffensive
Counteroffensive, Phase IV
Counteroffensive, Phase V
DECORATIONS
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1967
Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 1944 TO
4 JULY 1945
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
PETER D. CREAN
COL, LG
Director, Center of Military History