Lineage And Honors Information
Lineage and Honors Information as of 6 February 2013
315th ENGINEER DETACHMENT
- Constituted 11 December 1944 in the Army of the United States as the 1676th Engineer Survey Liaison Detachment
- Activated 1 January 1945 in France
- Inactivated 31 October 1945 in Germany
- Redesignated 13 January 1948 as the 315th Engineer Survey Liaison Detachment and allotted to the Organized Reserves
- Activated 22 January 1948 at Fort Myer, Virginia
- (Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)
- Location changed 1 January 1953 to Washington, D.C.
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 February 1956 as the 315th Engineer Detachment
- Inactivated 15 May 1959 at Washington, D.C.
- Activated 16 September 2008 at Butler, Pennsylvania
Campaign Participation Credit
- World War II
- Rhineland
- Ardennes-Alsace
- Central Europe
Decorations
- None
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
Robert J. Dalessandro
Director, Center of Military History