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Lineage and Honors Information as of 23 March 2010

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510th ENGINEER DETACHMENT

 

Constituted 12 August 1943 in the Army of the United States as the 1091st Engineer Utilities Detachment

Activated 14 August 1943 at Camp Claiborne, Louisiana

Inactivated 12 November 1945 in France

Activated 20 September 1946 in Korea

Redesignated 30 June 1947 as the 510th Engineer Utilities Detachment

Inactivated 20 June 1949 in Korea

Allotted 17 January 1951 to the Regular Army and activated at Fort Belvoir, Virginia

Inactivated 9 January 1952 in France

Redesignated 8 September 1954 as the 510th Engineer Detachment

Activated 5 October 1954 at Camp Hanford, Washington

Inactivated 16 October 1971 in Vietnam

Activated 16 September 1980 in Germany

Inactivated 15 August 1988 in Germany

Activated 16 June 1996 in Germany

Inactivated 15 July 2006 in Germany

Activated 16 January 2010 at Fort Riley, Kansas

 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

                                                World War II
                                                Normandy
                                                Northern France
                                                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

                                                War on Terrorism
                                                Campaigns to be determined

 

DECORATIONS

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered EUROPEAN THEATER

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2004-2005

 

BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:

 

 

JEFFREY J. CLARKE
Chief of Military History


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