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238th Engineer Detachment

Lineage and Honors Information as of 15 November 2007

238th Engineer Detachment Lineage

Constituted 12 August 1943 in the Army of the United States as the 1238th Engineer Fire Fighting Platoon

Activated 14 August 1943 at Camp Claiborne, Louisiana

Inactivated 23 April 1946 in Germany

Redesignated 23 February 1954 as the 238th Engineer Detachment and allotted to the Regular Army

Activated 1 April 1954 in Korea

Inactivated 20 December 1954 in Korea

Activated 20 December 1960 at Fort Hood, Texas

Inactivated 30 July 1970 on Okinawa

Activated 1 August 1988 at Fort Hood, Texas

Inactivated 20 May 1991 at Fort Hood, Texas

Withdrawn 1 June 2005 from the Regular Army and allotted to the Army Reserve

Activated 16 September 2006 at Conroe, Texas

238th Engineer Detachment Honors

Campaign Participation Credit

World War II: Northern France; Rhineland; Central Europe

Decorations

None


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