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565th Engineer Detachment

Lineage and Honors Information as of 6 February 2009

565th Engineer Deatchment Lineage

Constituted 9 September 1944 in the Army of the United States as the 3090th Engineer Service Detachment

Activated 25 January 1945 in Belgium as the 3090th Engineer Welding Team

Redesignated 10 April 1945 as the 3090th Engineer Welding Detachment

Inactivated 31 October 1945 in Germany

Redesignated 21 March 1951 as the 565th Engineer Welding Detachment and allotted to the Regular Army

Activated 12 April 1951 at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri

Inactivated 5 June 1952 at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri

Redesignated 22 April 1965 as the 565th Engineer Detachment

Activated 4 May 1965 at Fort Belvoir, Virginia

Inactivated 29 January 1972 in Vietnam

Activated 16 April 1980 at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii

Inactivated 15 August 1988 at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii

Activated 16 October 2007 at Honolulu, Hawaii

565th Engineer Detachment Honors

Campaign Participation Credit

World War II: Normandy; Northern France; Rhineland

Vietnam: Defense; Counteroffensive; 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

None


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