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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

  • None

By Order of the Secretary of the Army:

Robert J. Dalessandro
Director, Center of Military History


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