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Lineage and Honors Information as of 23 September 2010

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953d ENGINEER DETACHMENT

 

Constituted 27 July 1945 in the Army of the United States as the 3953d Engineer Maintenance Detachment

Activated 20 August 1945 in China

Inactivated 8 October 1945 in China

Redesignated 24 November 1967 as the 953d Engineer Detachment and allotted to the Army Reserve

Activated 31 January 1968 at Bismarck, North Dakota

Location changed 15 March 1972 to New Kensington, Pennsylvania

Inactivated 16 July 1980 at New Kensington, Pennsylvania

Activated 17 September 2003 at Annville, Pennsylvania

Inactivated 15 September 2006 at Annville, Pennsylvania

Activated 16 September 2010 at Fort Dix, New Jersey

 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

                                                            World War II
                                                            Asiatic-Pacific Theater,
                                                                  Streamer without inscription

 

DECORATIONS

None

 

BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:

 

 

PETER D. CREAN
COL, LG
Director, Center of Military History


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