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Lineage and Honors Information as of 13 June 2014

485th Engineer Platoon

  • Constituted 13 January 1945 in the Army of the United States as the 2873d Engineer Fire Truck Detachment
  • Activated 10 February 1945 in England
  • Inactivated 12 November 1945 in France
  • Redesignated 6 July 1949 as the 485th Engineer Fire Fighting Platoon and allotted to the Organized Reserve Corps
  • Activated 26 August 1949 at Rochester, New York
  • (Organized Reserve Corps redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)
  • Inactivated 15 August 1953 at Rochester, New York
  • Redesignated 24 September 2009 as the 485th Engineer Platoon
  • Activated 16 September 2012 at Las Vegas, Nevada
  • Location changed 15 November 2012 to Sloan, Nevada

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

  • World War II
  • Rhineland
  • Central Europe

DECORATIONS

None

BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:

ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Center of Military History


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