539th Engineer Detachment
Lineage and Honors Information as of 26 August 2009
539th Engineer Detachment Lineage
Constituted 12 June 1944 in the Army of the United States as the 2897th Engineer Technical Intelligence
Team and activated in England
Inactivated 6 October 1945 in France
Disbanded 17 January 1947
Reconstituted 15 November 1951 in the Regular Army as the 539th Engineer Technical Intelligence Team
Activated 26 November 1951 at Fort Belvoir, Virginia
Reorganized and redesignated 14 September 1953 as the 539th Engineer Detachment
Inactivated 3 December 1954 at Fort Belvoir, Virginia
Activated 1 July 1962 on Okinawa
Inactivated 19 April 1975 on Okinawa
Activated 1 August 1988 at Fort Belvoir, Virginia
Inactivated 15 September 1994 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina
Activated 16 October 2008 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina
539th Engineer Detachment Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
World War II: Northern France; Rhineland; Ardennes-Alsace; Central Europe
Korean War: Second Korean Winter; Korea, Summer-Fall 1952; Third Korean Winter
Southwest Asia: Defense of Saudi Arabia; Liberation and Defense of Kuwait; Cease-Fire
Decorations
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered PACIFIC AREA 1964-1966
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered PACIFIC AREA 1966-1967
Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered JULY-AUGUST 1972