243d Engineer Detachment
Lineage and Honors Information as of 10 July 2009
243d Engineer Detachment Lineage
Constituted 13 April 1944 in the Army of the United States as the 1243d Engineer Fire Fighting Platoon
Activated 27 May 1944 in Algeria
Reorganized and redesignated 23 June 1944 as the 1243d Engineer Composite Platoon
Reorganized and redesignated 6 May 1945 as the 1243d Engineer Firefighting Platoon
Inactivated 1 June 1946 in Germany
Redesignated 23 February 1954 as the 243d Engineer Detachment and allotted to the Regular Army
Activated 1 April 1954 in Korea
Inactivated 20 January 1955 in Korea
Activated 5 April 1965 at Fort Riley, Kansas
Inactivated 23 August 1968 in Vietnam
Activated 16 December 2006 in Germany
243d Engineer Detachment Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
World War II: Rhineland
Vietnam:Defense; Counteroffensive; Counteroffensive, Phase II; Counteroffensive, Phase III; Tet Counteroffensive; Counteroffensive, Phase IV; Counteroffensive, Phase V
Decorations
None