Lineage and Honors Information as of 9 March 2017
368th Engineer Detachment
- Constituted 25 August 1944 in the Army of the United States as the 2868th Engineer Service Detachment
- Activated 10 October 1944 at Finschafen, New Guinea
- Reorganized and redesignated 28 December 1944 as the 2868th Engineer Utilities Detachment
- Inactivated 30 May 1947 in the Philippines
- Redesignated 6 July 1948 as the 368th Utilities Detachment and allotted to the Organized Reserve Corps
- Activated 16 July 1948 at Akron, Ohio
- Inactivated 7 July 1949 at Akron, Ohio
- (Organized Reserve Corps redesignated on 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)
- Redesignated 27 October 1954 as the 368th Engineer Detachment
- Activated 23 November 1954 at Washington, D.C.
- Location changed 12 January 1957 to Alexandria, Virginia; on 1 December 1960 to Washington, D.C.
- Ordered into active military service 15 October 1961 at Washington, D.C.; released from active military service 1 August 1962 and reverted to reserve status
- Location changed 2 August 1962 to Alexandria, Virginia; on 1 December 1975 to Fort Belvoir, Virginia
- Reorganized and redesignated 16 July 1980 as the 343d Engineer Company
- Reorganized and redesignated 16 September 1988 as the 1343d Engineer Detachment and concurrently location changed to New Kensington, Pennsylvania
- Inactivated 15 February 1996 at New Kensington, Pennsylvania
- Redesignated 9 September 2009 as the 368th Engineer Detachment
- Activated 16 September 2010 at Decatur, Georgia
Campaign Participation Credit
Decorations
- Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 1944 TO 4 JULY 1945
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
CHARLES R. BOWERY, JR.
Chief of Military History
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