160th Engineer Detachment
Lineage and Honors Information as of 24 June 2009
160th Engineer Detachment Lineage
Constituted 27 October 1943 in the Army of the United States as the 1606th Engineer Map Depot Detachment
Activated 5 November 1943 at Portland, Oregon
Reorganized and redesignated 15 January 1945 as the 1606th Engineer Map Depot Team
Redesignated 17 August 1945 as the 1606th Engineer Map Depot Detachment
Inactivated 12 November 1945 in France
Redesignated 18 June 1966 as the 160th Engineer Detachment and allotted to the Regular Army
Activated 1 September 1966 at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland
Inactivated 1 April 1972 in Vietnam
Activated 1 August 1988 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina
Inactivated 15 September 1997 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina
Activated 16 October 2008 at Fort Hood, Texas
160th Engineer Detachment Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
World War II: European-African-Middle Eastern Theater, Streamer without inscription
Vietnam: Counteroffensive, Phase III; Tet Counteroffensive; Counteroffensive, Phase IV; Counteroffensive, Phase V; Counteroffensive, Phase VI; Tet 69/Counteroffensive; Summer-Fall 1969; Winter-Spring 1970; Sanctuary Counteroffensive; Counteroffensive, Phase VII; Consolidation I; Consolidation II; Cease-Fire
Southwest Asia: Defense of Saudi Arabia; Liberation and Defense of Kuwait; Cease-Fire
Decorations
Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1969, 1970