514th Engineer Detachment
Lineage and Honors Information as of 3 August 2007
514th Engineer Detachment Lineage
Constituted 12 August 1943 in the Army of the United States as the 1098th Engineer Utilities Detachment
Activated 14 August 1943 at Camp Claiborne, Louisiana
Inactivated 13 March 1946 in France
Activated 10 December 1946 in Korea
Redesignated 30 June 1947 as the 514th Engineer Utilities Detachment
Inactivated 25 January 1949 in Korea
Redesignated 25 August 1952 as the 514th Engineer Carbon Dioxide Generating Detachment and allotted to the Regular Army
Activated 18 September 1952 at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri
Reorganized and redesignated 2 October 1953 as the 514th Engineer Detachment
Inactivated 15 April 1971 in Vietnam
Activated 1 September 1980 at Fort Stewart, Georgia
Inactivated 15 July 1988 at Fort Stewart, Georgia
Activated 16 October 2005 at Hunter Army Airfield, Georgia
514th Engineer Detachment Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
World War II: Normandy; Northern France
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;
Decorations
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered EUROPEAN THEATER