506th Engineer Detachment
Lineage and Honors Information as of 3 August 2007
506th Engineer Detachment Lineage
Constituted 13 April 1944 in the Army of the United States as the 1627th Engineer Utilities Detachment
Activated 7 June 1944 in Algeria
Inactivated 30 September 1945 in Germany
Redesignated 27 June 1947 as the 506th Engineer Utilities Detachment
Activated 20 July 1947 in Korea
Inactivated 25 January 1949 in Korea
Redesignated 26 May 1959 as the 506th Engineer Detachment and allotted to the Regular Army
Activated 25 June 1959 at Fort Lewis, Washington
Inactivated 1 January 1972 in Vietnam
Activated 16 September 1980 in Germany
Inactivated 15 August 1988 in Germany
Activated 16 October 2005 at Fort Lewis, Washington
506th Engineer Detachment Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
World War II: Southern France (with arrowhead); Rhineland; Ardennes-Alsace; Central Europe
Vietnam: Defense; Counteroffensive; Counteroffensive, Phase II; Counteroffensive, Phase III; Tet Counteroffensive; Counteroffensive, Phase IV; Counteroffensive, Phase V; Counteroffensive, Phase VI; Tet 69/Counteroffensive; Summer-Fall 1969; Winter-Spring 1970; Sanctuary Counteroffensive; Counteroffensive, Phase VII; Consolidation I; Consolidation II
Decorations
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