Lineage and Honors Information as of 23 March 2010
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