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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


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