Lineage and Honors Information as of 31 January 2012
62d ENGINEER DETACHMENT
Constituted 24 June 1943 in the Army of the United States as the 1413th Engineer Mobile Searchlight Maintenance Unit
Activated 15 July 1943 at Schenectady Army Service Forces Depot, New York
Redesignated 8 April 1945 as the 1413th Engineer Searchlight Maintenance Detachment
Redesignated 30 June 1947 as the 62d Engineer Searchlight Maintenance Detachment
Inactivated 20 February 1948 on Guam
Allotted 31 October 1950 to the Regular Army
Activated 29 November 1950 at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri
Inactivated 15 August 1952 at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri
Redesignated 16 April 1956 as the 62d Engineer Detachment
Activated 1 July 1956 at Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota
Inactivated 23 December 1960 at Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota
Activated 25 June 1965 at Fort Belvoir, Virginia
Inactivated 17 February 1969 in Vietnam
Activated 16 June 1987 at Fort Richardson, Alaska
Inactivated 15 August 1988 at Fort Richardson, Alaska
Activated 16 October 2007 at Anchorage, Alaska
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
World War II
Asiatic-Pacific Theater,
Streamer without inscription
Vietnam
Defense
Counteroffensive
Counteroffensive, Phase II
Counteroffensive, Phase III
Tet Counteroffensive
Counteroffensive, Phase IV
Counteroffensive, Phase V
Counteroffensive, Phase VI
DECORATIONS
None
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Center of Military History