524th Engineer Detachment
Lineage and Honors Information as of 3 August 2007
524th Engineer Detachment Lineage
Constituted 6 July 1943 in the Army of the United States as the 1425th Engineer Mobile Searchlight Maintenance Unit
Activated 27 September 1943 at Schenectady, New York
Reorganized and redesignated 1 November 1943 as the 1425th Engineer Mobile Searchlight Maintenance Section
Reorganized and redesignated 10 November 1944 as the 1425th Engineer Service Detachment
Redesignated 7 May 1945 as the 1425th Engineer Searchlight Maintenance Detachment
Inactivated 20 January 1946 in the Philippines
Redesignated 4 March 1948 as the 524th Engineer Searchlight Maintenance Detachment
Activated 7 April 1948 at Fort Wadsworth, New York
Reorganized and redesignated 1 April 1954 as the 524th Engineer Detachment
Inactivated 1 January 1966 in Korea
Allotted 30 September 1966 to the Regular Army
Activated 1 December 1966 at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland
Inactivated 13 May 1968 at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland
Activated 4 March 1969 in Vietnam
Inactivated 22 June 1972 in Vietnam
Activated 1 September 1980 at Fort Hood, Texas
Inactivated 31 July 1988 at Fort Hood, Texas
Activated 16 October 2005 at Fort Polk, Louisiana
524th Engineer Detachment Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
World War II: Luzon
Korean War: First UN Counteroffensive; CCF Spring Offensive; UN Summer-Fall Offensive; Second Korean Winter; Korea, Summer-Fall 1952; Third Korean Winter; Korea, Summer 1953
Vietnam: Tet 69/Counteroffensive; Summer-Fall 1969; Winter-Spring 1970; Sanctuary Counteroffensive; Counteroffensive, Phase VII; Consolidation I; Consolidation II; Cease-Fire
Decorations
Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 1944 TO
4 JULY 1945
Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 1951-1952