562d Engineer Detachment
Lineage and Honors Information as of 15 November 2006
562d Engineer Detachment Lineage
Constituted 10 September 1945 in the Army of the United States as the 3351st Engineer Utilities Detachment
Activated 13 September 1945 in China
Inactivated 6 December 1945 in China
Activated 28 December 1946 on Okinawa as a Philippine Scout unit
Redesignated 30 June 1947 as the 562d Engineer Utilities Detachment (Philippine Scouts)
Inactivated 20 February 1948 on Guam
Redesignated 18 November 1966 as the 562d Engineer Detachment and allotted to the Regular Army
Activated 1 December 1966 at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland
562d Engineer Detachment Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
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
Decorations
Army Superior Unit Award for 1999