Lineage and Honors Information as of 6 February 2013
316th ENGINEER DETACHMENT
- Constituted 15 June 1944 in the Army of the United States as the 2947th Engineer Technical Intelligence Team
- Activated 26 June 1944 at Fort DuPont, Delaware
- Inactivated 6 October 1945 in France
- Redesignated 28 January 1948 as the 316th Engineer Technical Intelligence Team and allotted to the Organized Reserves
- Activated 11 February 1948 at Buffalo, New York
- (Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)
- Reorganized and redesignated 30 September 1953 as the 316th Engineer Detachment
- Inactivated 1 February 1956 at Buffalo, New York
- Activated 16 June 1982 at Kittanning, Pennsylvania
- Inactivated 15 June 2000 at Kittanning, Pennsylvania
- Activated 16 September 2008 at Butler, Pennsylvania
Campaign Participation Credit
- World War II
- Rhineland
- Ardennes-Alsace
- Central Europe
Decorations
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
Robert J. Dalessandro
Director, Center of Military History
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