Lineage And Honors Information
Lineage and Honors Information as of 12 June 2013
553d ENGINEER DETACHMENT
- Constituted 21 June 1943 in the Army of the United States as the 2008th Engineer Aviation Fire Fighting Platoon
- Activated 1 July 1943 at Bradley Field, Connecticut
- Inactivated 31 December 1945 in Germany
- Redesignated 4 April 1951 as the 523d Engineer Fire Fighting Platoon, allotted to the Regular Army, and activated at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri
- Reorganized and redesignated 20 October 1953 as the 553d Engineer Detachment
- Inactivated 3 December 1954 in France
- Activated 29 October 1955 at Fort Belvoir, Virginia
- Inactivated 1 February 1958 at Fort Belvoir, Virginia
- Activated 25 September 1959 in Korea
- Inactivated 1 May 1964 in Korea
- Activated 25 June 1964 at Fort Devens, Massachusetts
- Inactivated 23 August 1968 in Vietnam
- Activated 21 June 1976 at Fort Drum, New York
- Inactivated 15 September 1987 at Fort Drum, New York
- Activated 16 October 2007 at New York, New York
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
- World War II
- Normandy
- Northern France
- Rhineland
- Central Europe
- Vietnam
- Defense
- Counteroffensive
- Counteroffensive, Phase II
- Counteroffensive, Phase III
- Tet Counteroffensive
- Counteroffensive, Phase IV
- Counteroffensive, Phase V
- War on Terrorism
- Campaigns to be determined
DECORATIONS
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1966-1967
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1967-1968
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Center of Military History