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Withdrawn 1 June 2005 from the Regular Army and allotted to the Army Reserve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