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Lineage and Honors Information as of 18 February 2011

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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


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