Lineage And Honors Information
Lineage and Honors Information as of 20 June 2012
520th ENGINEER DETACHMENT
- Constituted 21 June 1943 in the Army of the United States as the 2005th Engineer Aviation Fire Fighting Platoon
- Activated 1 July 1943 at Bradley Field, Connecticut
- Inactivated 20 November 1945 in France
- Redesignated 12 March 1951 as the 520th Engineer Fire Fighting Platoon and allotted to the Regular Army
- Activated 4 April 1951 at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri
- Inactivated 20 October 1953 in France
- Redesignated 30 September 1966 as the 520th Engineer Platoon
- Activated 1 December 1966 at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland
- Redesignated 5 October 1971 as the 520th Engineer Detachment
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
- World War II
- European-African-Middle Eastern Theater, Streamer without inscription
- Vietnam
- 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
- War on Terrorism
- Campaigns to be determined
DECORATIONS
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA 2003
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN 2009-2010
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Center of Military History