Lineage and Honors Information as of 30 April 2018
425th Engineer Detachment
- Constituted 5 September 1944 in the Army of the United States as the 2858th Engineer Service Detachment
- Activated 30 September 1944 at Camp Claiborne, Louisiana
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 December 1944 as the 2858th Engineer Gas Generating Detachment
- Inactivated 20 February 1946 at Batangas, Philippine Islands
- Redesignated 22 July 1949 as the 425th Engineer Gas Generator Detachment and allotted to the Organized Reserve Corps
- Activated 2 August 1949 at Houston, Texas
- Inactivated 15 December 1950 at Houston, Texas
- (Organized Reserve Corps redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)
- Redesignated 29 November 1956 as the 425th Engineer Detachment
- Activated 30 November 1956 at Canadian, Texas
- Inactivated 3 October 1958 at Canadian, Texas
- Activated 15 December 1967 at Dallas, Texas
- Location changed 27 July 1991 to San Antonio, Texas
- Ordered into active military service 6 December 2004 at San Antonio, Texas; released from active military service 15 February 2006 and reverted to reserve status
- Inactivated 15 September 2009 at San Antonio, Texas
- Activated 16 September 2010 at Chicopee, Massachusetts
- Ordered into active military service 12 April 2016 at Chicopee, Massachusetts; released from active military service 16 May 2017 and reverted to reserve status
Campaign Participation Credit
- World War II
- Luzon
- War on Terrorism
- Campaigns to be determined
Decorations
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2005
- 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