Lineage and Honors Information as of 9 October 2015
865th Engineer Detachment
- Constituted 22 November 1944 in the Army of the United States as the 2865th Engineer Gas Generating Detachment
- Activated 8 January 1945 on Saipan
- Inactivated 19 December 1945 on Saipan
- Redesignated 19 November 1965 as the 865th Engineer Detachment and allotted to the Regular Army
- Activated 17 November 1965 at Fort Belvoir, Virginia
- Inactivated 26 December 1971 at Cha Rang, Vietnam
- Activated 1 December 1980 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina
- Inactivated 15 September 1997 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina
- Withdrawn 3 May 2004 from the Regular Army and allotted to the Army Reserve
- Activated 16 September 2010 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina
- Ordered into active military service 14 November 2014 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina
Campaign Participation Credit
- World War II
- Asiatic-Pacific Theater,
- Streamer without inscription
- 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
- Southwest Asia
- Defense of Saudi Arabia
- Liberation and Defense of Kuwait
- War on Terrorism
- Campaigns to be determined
Decorations
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered PACIFIC THEATER
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
RICHARD W. STEWART
Chief of Military History
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