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Lineage and Honors Information as of 2 June 2010

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544th ENGINEER DETACHMENT

 

Constituted 6 July 1943 in the Army of the United States as the 1432d Engineer Mobile Searchlight Maintenance Unit

Activated 25 September 1943 in Australia

Reorganized and redesignated 1 November 1944 as the 1432d Engineer Service Detachment

Redesignated 1 May 1945 as the 1432d Engineer Searchlight Maintenance Detachment

Inactivated 5 February 1946 in the Philippines

Redesignated 4 March 1948 as the 544th Engineer Searchlight Maintenance Detachment

Activated 26 March 1948 at the Presidio of San Francisco, California

Reorganized and redesignated 1 June 1954 as the 544th Engineer Detachment and allotted to the Regular Army

Inactivated 20 March 1964 at Fort Ord, California

Activated 25 June 1964 at Fort Benning, Georgia

Inactivated 23 August 1968 in Vietnam

Activated 16 October 1992 at Fort Eustis, Virginia

 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

                                                        World War II
                                                        New Guinea
                                                        Luzon

                                                        Vietnam
                                                        Counteroffensive, Phase II
                                                        Counteroffensive, Phase III
                                                        Tet Counteroffensive
                                                        Counteroffensive, Phase IV
                                                        Counteroffensive, Phase V

                                                        War on Terrorism
                                                        Global War on Terrorism

                                       
DECORATIONS

Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 1994

Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 2005

Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 1944 TO
4 JULY 1945

 

BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:

 

 

JEFFREY J. CLARKE
Chief of Military History


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