379th Engineer Detachment
Lineage and Honors Information as of 10 July 2009
379th Engineer Detachment Lineage
Constituted 8 September 1944 in the Army of the United States as the 1943d Engineer Composite Company
Activated 18 September 1944 at Geiger Field, Spokane, Washington
Redesignated 29 November 1944 as the 1943d Engineer Service Detachment
Redesignated 25 February 1945 as the 1943d Engineer Aviation Utilities Detachment
Inactivated 31 July 1946 on Guam
Redesignated 12 August 1948 as the 379th Engineer Utilities Detachment and allotted to the Organized Reserve Corps
Activated 14 September 1948 at Birmingham, Alabama
Inactivated 14 July 1949 at Birmingham, Alabama
(Organized Reserve Corps redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)
Redesignated 31 March 1955 as the 379th Engineer Detachment and activated at Jasper, Alabama
Inactivated 25 June 1959 at Jasper, Alabama
Activated 22 January 1968 at Mobile, Alabama
Inactivated 15 September 1994 at Mobile, Alabama
Activated 17 September 2004 at Pascagoula, Mississippi
379th Engineer Detachment Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
World War II: Western Pacific
Decorations
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered PACIFIC THEATER