
Lineage and Honors Information as of 18 February 2011
534th ENGINEER DETACHMENT
Constituted 15 June 1944 in the Army of the United States as the 2950th Engineer Technical Intelligence Team
Activated 26 June 1944 at Camp Bowie, Texas
Redesignated 30 April 1947 as the 534th Engineer Technical Intelligence Team
Inactivated 6 December 1948 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina
Allotted 11 September 1950 to the Regular Army
Activated 10 October 1950 at Fort Belvoir, Virginia
Reorganized and redesignated 1 April 1954 as the 534th Engineer Detachment
Inactivated 21 February 1955 in Korea
Activated 25 July 1962 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina
Inactivated 24 June 1967 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina
Activated 1 August 1988 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina
Inactivated 15 September 1995 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina
Activated 15 July 2008 in Germany
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
World War II
Rhineland
Ardennes-Alsace
Central Europe
Korean War
Korea, Summer-Fall 1952
Third Korean Winter
Korea, Summer 1953
Vietnam
Advisory
Southwest Asia
Defense of Saudi Arabia
Liberation and Defense of Kuwait
Cease-Fire
DECORATIONS
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered KOREA 1952-1953
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered KOREA 1953
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered KOREA 1953-1954
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA 1990-1991
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
PETER D. CREAN
COL, LG
Director, Center of Military History