521st Engineer Detachment
Lineage and Honors Information as of 13 November 2009
521st Engineer Detachment Lineage
Constituted 9 March 1944 in the Army of the United States as the 1653d Engineer Utilities Detachment
Activated 15 March 1944 at Camp Sutton, North Carolina
Redesignated 18 June 1947 as the 521st Engineer Utilities Detachment
Inactivated 30 June 1948 in Germany
Redesignated 5 February 1951 as the 521st Engineer Port Construction Detachment; concurrently allotted to the Regular Army and activated at Fort Belvoir, Virginia
Inactivated 20 October 1953 in France
Redesignated 22 April 1965 as the 521st Engineer Detachment
Activated 4 May 1965 at Fort Belvoir, Virginia
Inactivated 23 August 1968 in Vietnam
Activated 1 December 1970 at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri
Inactivated 15 October 2001 at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri
Activated 16 July 2009 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina
521st Engineer Detachment Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
World War II: Rhineland; Central Europe
Vietnam: Defense; Counteroffensive; Counteroffensive, Phase II; Counteroffensive, Phase III; Tet Counteroffensive; Counteroffensive, Phase IV; Counteroffensive, Phase V
Decorations
Army Superior Unit Award for 1999