593d Engineer Detachment
Lineage and Honors Information as of 28 March 2008
593d Engineer Detachment Lineage
Constituted 5 May 1943 in the Army of the United States as the 1223d Engineer Fire Fighting Platoon
Activated 15 July 1943 at Camp Claiborne, Louisiana
Inactivated 12 November 1945 in France
Activated 30 June 1946 in Japan
Redesignated 30 June 1947 as the 539th Engineer Fire Fighting Platoon
Inactivated 5 December 1947 in Japan
Activated 27 January 1950 on Guam
Inactivated 26 June 1950 on Guam
Allotted 23 November 1951 to the Regular Army
Activated 6 December 1951 at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri
Reorganized and redesignated 14 August 1954 as the 593d Engineer Detachment
Inactivated 27 January 1969 in Thailand
Withdrawn 1 June 2005 from the Regular Army and allotted to the Army Reserve
Activated 16 September 2006 at Tustin, California
593d Engineer Detachment Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
World War II: Normandy, Northern France, Central Europe
Decorations
None