513th Engineer Detachment
Lineage and Honors Information as of 3 August 2007
513th Engineer Detachment Lineage
Constituted 12 August 1943 in the Army of the United States as the 1097th Engineer Utilities Detachment
Activated 14 August 1943 at Camp Claiborne, Louisiana
Inactivated 13 March 1946 in France
Activated 15 December 1946 in Korea
Redesignated 30 June 1947 as the 513th Engineer Utilities Detachment
Inactivated 25 January 1949 in Korea
Redesignated 21 March 1951 as the 513th Engineer Carbon Dioxide Supply Detachment and allotted to the Regular Army
Activated 12 April 1951 at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri
Inactivated 26 April 1952 at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri
Redesignated 22 April 1965 as the 513th Engineer Detachment
Activated 1 May 1965 at Granite City, Illinois
Inactivated 6 July 1966 in Vietnam
Activated 1 April 1967 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina
Inactivated 30 April 1972 in Vietnam
Activated 1 September 1980 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina
Inactivated 15 August 1988 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina
Activated 16 October 2005 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina
513th Engineer Detachment Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
World War II: Normandy; Northern France
Vietnam: Defense; Counteroffensive; Counteroffensive, Phase II; Counteroffensive, Phase III; Tet Counteroffensive; Counteroffensive, Phase IV; Counteroffensive, Phase V; Counteroffensive, Phase VI; Tet 69/Counteroffensive; Summer-Fall 1969; Winter-Spring 1970; Sanctuary Counteroffensive; Counteroffensive, Phase VII; Consolidation I; Consolidation II; Cease-Fire
Decorations
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1968-1970