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Lineage and Honors Information as of 18 February 2011

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369th ENGINEER DETACHMENT

 

Constituted 14 March 1944 in the Army of the United States as the 2154th Engineer Aviation Fire Fighting Platoon

Activated 27 March 1944 in England

Inactivated 31 December 1945 in Germany

Redesignated 6 July 1948 as the 369th Engineer Fire Fighting Platoon and allotted to the Organized Reserve Corps

Activated 16 July 1948 at Cleveland, Ohio

Inactivated 19 July 1949 at Cleveland, Ohio

Activated 6 October 1949 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

(Organized Reserve Corps redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)

Reorganized and redesignated 16 September 1953 as the 369th Engineer Platoon

Redesignated 6 September 1954 as the 369th Engineer Detachment

Ordered into active military service 15 October 1961 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; released from active military service 7 August 1962 and reverted to reserve status

Redesignated 7 January 1963 as the 369th Engineer Platoon

Location changed 31 January 1975 to the North Penn Memorial United States Army Reserve Center in the Norristown, Pennsylvania, area

Ordered into active military service 22 December 1995 at Norristown, Pennsylvania; released from active military service 2 September 1996 and reverted to reserve status

Reorganized and redesignated 16 September 1998 as the 369th Engineer Detachment

Ordered into active military service 10 February 2003 at Norristown, Pennsylvania; released from active military service 25 June 2004 and reverted to reserve status

 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

World War II
Normandy
Northern France
Rhineland
Central Europe

War on Terrorism
Campaigns to be determined

 

DECORATIONS

Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 1996

Belgian Fourragere 1940

Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in Belgium

Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in the Ardennes

 

BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:

 

 

PETER D. CREAN
COL, LG
Director, Center of Military History


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