60th Engineer Detachment
Lineage and Honors Information as of 19 December 2007
60th Engineer Detachment Lineage
Constituted 24 June 1943 in the Army of the United States as the 1401st Engineer Mobile Searchlight Maintenance Unit
Activated 15 July 1943 at the Utah Army Service Forces Depot, Utah
Reorganized and redesignated 6 February 1945 as the 1401st Engineer Mobile Searchlight Maintenance Team
Redesignated 11 April 1945 as the 1401st Engineer Searchlight Maintenance Detachment
Inactivated 20 November 1945 in Germany
Activated 12 September 1946 at Camp Hood, Texas
Redesignated 1 May 1947 as the 60th Engineer Searchlight Maintenance Detachment
Inactivated 27 December 1948 at Camp Hood, Texas
Allotted 31 October 1950 to the Regular Army
Activated 10 December 1950 at Fort Belvoir, Virginia
Reorganized and redesignated 1 April 1954 as the 60th Engineer Detachment
Inactivated 25 March 1956 in Japan
Activated 1 November 1956 in England
Inactivated 17 June 1957 in England
Activated 24 June 1959 at Fort Belvoir, Virginia
Inactivated 22 June 1972 in Vietnam
Activated 16 September 1980 in Germany
Inactivated 15 August 1988 in Germany
Activated 16 May 1994 in Germany
60th Engineer Detachment Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
World War II: Normandy; Northern France; Rhineland; Central Europe
Korean War: UN Summer-Fall Offensive; Second Korean Winter; Korea, Summer-Fall 1952; Third Korean Winter; Korea, Summer 1953
Vietnam: 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; Cease-Fire
Decorations
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1966-1968
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1969-1970
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1970-1971
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1971-1972