Lineage And Honors Information
Lineage and Honors Information as of 27 October 2015
543d Engineer Detachment
- Constituted 6 July 1943 in the Army of the United States as the 1431st Engineer Mobile Searchlight Maintenance Unit
- Activated 18 October 1943 at Ogden, Utah
- Reorganized and redesignated 10 November 1944 as the 1431st Engineer Service Detachment
- Redesignated 7 May 1945 as the 1431st Engineer Searchlight Maintenance Detachment
- Inactivated 25 January 1946 at Manila, Philippines
- Redesignated 4 March 1948 as the 543d Engineer Searchlight Maintenance Detachment
- Activated 24 March 1948 at Chicago, Illinois
- Allotted 8 February 1954 to the Regular Army
- Reorganized and redesignated 26 April 1954 as the 543d Engineer Detachment
- Inactivated 25 January 1965 at Fort Wayne, Michigan
- Activated 12 April 1965 at Fort Lewis, Washington
- Inactivated 6 July 1966 at Vung Tau, Vietnam
- Activated 1 April 1967 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina
- Inactivated 26 May 1967 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina
- Activated 1 August 1988 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina
- Inactivated 15 September 1995 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina
- Activated 16 October 2015 at Fort Sam Houston, Texas
Campaign Participation Credit
- World War II
- Northern Solomons
- Bismarck Archipelago
- Luzon
- Vietnam
- Defense
- Counteroffensive
- Counteroffensive, Phase II
- Southwest Asia
- Defense of Saudi Arabia
- Liberation and Defense of Kuwait
- Cease-Fire
Decorations
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA 1990-1991
- Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 1944 TO 4 JULY 1945
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
RICHARD W. STEWART
Chief of Military History