727th Engineer Detachment
Lineage and Honors Information as of 11 December 2009
727th Engineer Detachment Lineage
Constituted 5 May 1943 in the Army of the United States as the 1230th Engineer Fire Fighting Platoon
Activated 5 August 1943 at Camp Claiborne, Louisiana
Inactivated 25 June 1946 in France
Redesignated 11 March 1947 as the 727th Engineer Service Platoon
Activated 21 April 1947 at Adak, Alaska
Inactivated 23 August 1948 at Adak, Alaska
Redesignated 23 February 1954 as the 727th Engineer Detachment and allotted to the Regular Army
Activated 1 April 1954 in Korea
Inactivated 20 December 1954 in Korea
Activated 1 March 1957 at Fort Hood, Texas
Inactivated 25 August 1961 at Fort Carson, Colorado
Activated 21 July 1965 at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri
Inactivated 17 February 1969 in Vietnam
Withdrawn 3 May 2004 from the Regular Army and allotted to the Army Reserve
Activated 16 September 2009 at Penn Yan, New York
727th Engineer Detachment Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
World War II: Northern France
Vietnam: Defense; Counteroffensive; Counteroffensive, Phase II; Counteroffensive, Phase III; Tet Counteroffensive; Counteroffensive, Phase IV; Counteroffensive, Phase V; Counteroffensive, Phase VI
Decorations
None