605th Engineer Detachment
Lineage and Honors Information as of 13 November 2009
605th Engineer Detachment Lineage
Constituted 31 August 1944 in the Army of the United States as the 1734th Engineer Service Detachment
Activated 8 September 1944 in Italy
Reorganized and redesignated 20 January 1945 as the 1734th Engineer Utilities Detachment
Inactivated 28 February 1946 in Japan
Redesignated 19 August 1965 as the 605th Engineer Detachment and allotted to the Regular Army
Activated 1 September 1965 at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri
Inactivated 17 February 1969 in Vietnam
Withdrawn 3 May 2004 from the Regular Army and allotted to the Army Reserve
Activated 16 October 2009 at Darien, Illinois
605th Engineer Detachment Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
World War II: Rhineland; Central Europe
Vietnam: Counteroffensive; Counteroffensive, Phase II; Counteroffensive, Phase III; Tet Counteroffensive; Counteroffensive, Phase IV; Counteroffensive, Phase V; Counteroffensive, Phase VI
Decorations
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