Lineage and Honors Information as of 2 June 2010
544th ENGINEER DETACHMENT
Constituted 6 July 1943 in the Army of the United States as the 1432d Engineer Mobile Searchlight Maintenance Unit
Activated 25 September 1943 in Australia
Reorganized and redesignated 1 November 1944 as the 1432d Engineer Service Detachment
Redesignated 1 May 1945 as the 1432d Engineer Searchlight Maintenance Detachment
Inactivated 5 February 1946 in the Philippines
Redesignated 4 March 1948 as the 544th Engineer Searchlight Maintenance Detachment
Activated 26 March 1948 at the Presidio of San Francisco, California
Reorganized and redesignated 1 June 1954 as the 544th Engineer Detachment and allotted to the Regular Army
Inactivated 20 March 1964 at Fort Ord, California
Activated 25 June 1964 at Fort Benning, Georgia
Inactivated 23 August 1968 in Vietnam
Activated 16 October 1992 at Fort Eustis, Virginia
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
World War II
New Guinea
Luzon
Vietnam
Counteroffensive, Phase II
Counteroffensive, Phase III
Tet Counteroffensive
Counteroffensive, Phase IV
Counteroffensive, Phase V
War on Terrorism
Global War on Terrorism
DECORATIONS
Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 1994
Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 2005
Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 1944 TO
4 JULY 1945
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
JEFFREY J. CLARKE
Chief of Military History