Lineage And Honors Information
Lineage and Honors Information as of 28 January 2015
606th Engineer Detachment
- Constituted 5 September 2944 in the Army of the United States as the 1723d Engineer Service Detachment
- Activated 30 September 1944 at Camp Claiborne, Louisiana
- Reorganized and redesignated 10 March 1945 as the 1723d Engineer Utilities Detachment
- Inactivated 25 June 1946 at Marseille, France
- Redesignated 19 August 1965 as the 606th Engineer Detachment and allotted to the Regular Army
- Activated 1 September 1965 at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri
- Inactivated 17 February 1969 at Tuy Hoa, Vietnam
- Withdrawn 3 May 2004 from the Regular Army and allotted to the Army Reserve
- Activated 16 October 2007 at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
- Location changed 20 January 2011 to Mustang, Oklahoma
- Ordered into active military service 30 May 2014 at Mustang, Oklahoma
Campaign Participation Credit
- World War II
- Rhineland
- Vietnam
- Counteroffensive
- Counteroffensive, Phase II
- Counteroffensive, Phase III
- Tet Counteroffensive
- Counteroffensive, Phase IV
- Counteroffensive, Phase V
- Counteroffensive, Phase VI
- War on Terrorism
- Campaigns to be determined
DECORATIONS
None
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
RICHARD W. STEWART, PH.D.
Center of Military History