Lineage and Honors Information as of 15 December 2016
301st Engineer Detachment
- Constituted 11 June 1944 in the Army of the United States as the 2894th Engineer Technical Intelligence Team
- Activated 12 June 1944 at London, England
- Inactivated 1 June 1946 at Heidelberg, Germany
- Redesignated 22 April 1947 as the 301st Engineer Technical Intelligence Team and allotted to the Organized Reserves
- Activated 7 May 1947 at Ames, Iowa
- Location changed 2 January 1948 to Des Moines, Iowa
- (Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; on 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)
- Location changed 31 January 1949 to Newton, Iowa; on 5 October 1950 to Ames, Iowa
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 February 1954 as the 301st Engineer Detachment
- Inactivated 3 August 1954 at Ames, Iowa
- Activated 16 September 2016 at Denver, Colorado
Campaign Participation Credit
- World War II
- Normandy
- Northern France
- Rhineland
- Central Europe
Decorations
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
CHARLES R. BOWERY, JR.
Chief of Military History
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