558th Engineer Detachment
Lineage and Honors Information as of 16 April 2008
558th Engineer Detachment Lineage
Constituted 14 April 1944 in the Army of the United States as the 1449th Engineer Mobile Searchlight Maintenance Unit
Activated 20 May 1944 in New Guinea
Reorganized and redesignated 1 November 1944 as the 1449th Engineer Service Detachment
Redesignated 1 May 1945 as the 1449th Engineer Searchlight Maintenance Detachment
Inactivated 10 February 1946 in the Philippines
Redesignated 24 August 1950 as the 558th Engineer Technical Intelligence Team, and allotted to the Regular Army
Activated 10 October 1950 at Fort Belvoir, Virginia
Reorganized and redesignated 1 April 1954 as the 558th Engineer Detachment
Inactivated 25 March 1956 in Japan
Activated 10 September 1960 at Fort Belvoir, Virginia
Inactivated 25 March 1963 at Fort Belvoir, Virginia
Activated 1 August 1988 at Fort Carson, Colorado
Inactivated 15 October 1995 at Fort Carson, Colorado
Activated 16 January 2008 at Fort Lewis, Washington
558th Engineer Detachment Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
World War II: New Guinea; Luzon
Korean War: UN Summer-Fall Offensive; Second Korean Winter; Korea, Summer-Fall 1952; Korea, Summer 1953
Decorations
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered KOREA 1953-1954
Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 1944 TO 4 JULY 1945
Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 1951-1954
Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 1952