83d Engineer Detachment
Lineage and Honors Information as of 15 November 2006
83d Engineer Detachment Lineage
Constituted 5 September 1944 in the Army of the United States as the 3103d Engineer Service Detachment
Activated 25 October 1944 at Fort Lewis, Washington
Reorganized and redesignated 5 May 1945 as the 3103d Engineer Fire Fighting Platoon
Inactivated 1 June 1946 in Germany
Redesignated 5 February 1953 as the 83d Engineer Firefighting Detachment and allotted to the Regular Army
Activated 10 April 1953 in Korea
Reorganized and redesignated 1 April 1954 as the 83d Engineer Detachment
Inactivated 25 March 1956 in Japan
Activated 5 April 1965 at Fort Riley, Kansas
Inactivated 23 August 1968 in Vietnam
Activated 31 January 1972 at Fort Carson, Colorado
Inactivated 15 September 1997 at Fort Carson, Colorado
Activated 16 September 2006 at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri
83d Engineer Detachment Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
World War II: European-African-Middle Eastern Theater, Streamer without inscription
Korean War: Third Korean Winter; Korea, Summer 1953
Vietnam: Defense; Counteroffensive; Counteroffensive, Phase II; Counteroffensive, Phase III; Tet Counteroffensive; Counteroffensive, Phase IV; Counteroffensive, Phase V
Decorations
None