85th Engineer Detachment
Lineage and Honors Information as of 22 July 2004
85th Engineer Detachment Lineage
Constituted 5 September 1944 in the Army of the United States as the 3105th Engineer Service Detachment
Activated 25 October 1944 at Fort Lewis, Washington
Reorganized and redesignated 5 May 1945 as the 3105th Engineer Fire Fighting Platoon
Inactivated 25 June 1946 in France
Redesignated 5 February 1953 as the 85th Engineer Firefighting Detachment and allotted to the Regular Army
Activated 10 April 1953 in Korea
Reorganized and redesignated 1 April 1954 as the 85th Engineer Detachment
Inactivated 1 January 1966 in Korea
Activated 1 December 1966 at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland
Inactivated 23 August 1968 in Vietnam
Activated 16 August 1988 in Korea
85th Engineer Detachment Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
World War II (European-African-Middle Eastern Theater): Silver Band without campaign inscription
Korean War: Third Korean Winter; Korea, Summer 1953
Vietnam: Counteroffensive, Phase II;
Counteroffensive, Phase III;
Tet Counteroffensive;
Counteroffensive, Phase IV;
Counteroffensive, Phase V
Decorations
None