550th Engineer Detachment
Lineage and Honors Information as of 1 October 2007
550th Engineer Detachment Lineage
Constituted 27 October 1943 in the Army of the United States as the 1605th Engineer Map Depot Detachment
Activated 5 November 1943 at Portland, Oregon
Reorganized and redesignated 1 February 1945 as the 1605th Engineer Map Depot Team
Redesignated 18 August 1945 as the 1605th Engineer Map Depot Detachment
Inactivated 30 September 1945 in Germany
Redesignated 13 November 1950 as the 550th Engineer Map Depot Detachment and allotted to the Regular Army
Activated 15 November 1950 in Korea
Inactivated 15 April 1953 in Korea
Redesignated 8 June 1961 as the 550th Engineer Detachment
Activated 1 July 1961 at Fort Hood, Texas
Inactivated 1 January 1966 in Korea
Activated 1 December 1966 at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland
Inactivated 23 August 1968 in Vietnam
Activated 25 July 1969 in Vietnam
Inactivated 15 June 1970 in Vietnam
Activated 21 June 1974 at Fort Lee, Virginia
Inactivated 16 August 1987 at Fort Lee, Virginia
Activated 16 October 2005 at Fort Campbell, Kentucky
550th Engineer Detachment Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
World War II: Normandy (with arrowhead); Northern France; Rhineland
Korean War: CCF Intervention; First UN Counteroffensive; CCF Spring Offensive; UN Summer-Fall Offensive; Second Korean Winter; Korea, Summer-Fall 1952; Third Korean Winter
Vietnam: Counteroffensive, Phase II; Counteroffensive, Phase III; Tet Counteroffensive; Counteroffensive, Phase IV; Counteroffensive, Phase V; Summer-Fall 1969; Winter-Spring 1970; Sanctuary Counteroffensive
Decorations
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered KOREA 1950-1951
French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II, Streamer embroidered NORMANDY BEACHES