Lineages and Honors Information
Engineer Detachment
Lineage and Honors Information as of 22 Sept 2021
699th Engineer Detachment
- Constituted 29 May 1943 in the Army of the United States as the 699th Engineer Petroleum Distribution Company
- Activated 21 June 1943 at Camp Claiborne, Louisiana
- Inactivated 24 October 1945 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey
- Allotted 16 November 1948 to the Organized Reserve Corps
- Activated 23 November 1948 at Linden, New Jersey
- Reorganized and redesignated 25 April 1952 as the 699th Engineer Pipeline Company
- (Organized Reserve Corps redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)
- Reorganized and redesignated 7 March 1954 as the 699th Engineer Company
- Location changed 1 February 1963 to Jersey City, New Jersey; on 27 November 1978 to Ceiba, Puerto Rico
- Ordered into active military service 10 February 2003 at Ceiba, Puerto Rico; released from active military service 19 June 2003 and reverted to reserve status
- Inactivated 15 September 2006 at Ceiba, Puerto Rico
- Redesignated 31 May 2018 as the 699th Engineer Detachment
- Activated 16 September 2020 at Fort Buchanan, Puerto Rico
Campaign Participation Credit
- World War II
- India-Burma
Decorations
None
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
CHARLES R. BOWERY, JR.
Chief of Military History