Lineage and Honors Information as of 31 March 2015
60th Engineer Detachment
- Constituted 24 June 1943 in the Army of the United States as the 1401st Engineer Mobile Searchlight Maintenance Unit
- Activated 15 July 1943 at the Utah Army Service Forces Depot, Utah
- Reorganized and redesignated 6 February 1945 as the 1401st Engineer Mobile Searchlight Maintenance Team
- Redesignated 11 April 1945 as the 1401st Engineer Searchlight Maintenance Detachment
- Inactivated 20 November 1945 in Germany
- Activated 12 September 1946 at Camp Hood, Texas
- Redesignated 1 May 1947 as the 60th Engineer Searchlight Maintenance Detachment
- Inactivated 27 December 1948 at Camp Hood, Texas
- Allotted 31 October 1950 to the Regular Army
- Activated 10 December 1950 at Fort Belvoir, Virginia
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 April 1954 as the 60th Engineer Detachment
- Inactivated 25 March 1956 in Japan
- Activated 1 November 1956 in England
- Inactivated 17 June 1957 in England
- Activated 24 June 1959 at Fort Belvoir, Virginia
- Inactivated 22 June 1972 in Vietnam
- Activated 16 September 1980 in Germany
- Inactivated 15 August 1988 in Germany
- Activated 16 May 1994 in Germany
Campaign Participation Credit
- World War II
- Normandy
- Northern France
- Rhineland
- Central Europe
- Korean War
- UN Summer-Fall Offensive
- Second Korean Winter
- Korea, Summer-Fall 1952
- Third Korean Winter
- Korea, Summer 1953
- Vietnam
- Counteroffensive
- 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
- Consolidation I
- Consolidation II
- Cease-Fire
- War on Terrorism
- Campaigns to be determined
DECORATIONS
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1966-1968
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1969-1970
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1970-1971
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1971-1972
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN 2005-2006
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
RICHARD W. STEWART, PH.D.
Center of Military History
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