Lineage and Honors Information as of 17 Mar 2020
483d Engineer Platoon
- Constituted 14 March 1944 in the Army of the United States as the 2152d Engineer Aviation Fire Fighting Platoon
- Activated 27 March 1944 in England
- Inactivated 31 December 1945 in Germany
- Redesignated 6 June 1949 as the 483d Engineer Fire Fighting Platoon and allotted to the Organized Reserve Corps
- Activated 25 July 1949 at Omaha, Nebraska
- Inactivated 15 January 1951 at Omaha, Nebraska
- (Organized Reserve Corps redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)
- Redesignated 24 September 2009 as the 483d Engineer Platoon
- Activated 16 October 2011 at New Century, Kansas
- Location changed 1 March 2013 to Kansas City, Missouri; on 1 March 2019 to Elwood, Illinois
Campaign Participation Credit
- World War II
- Normandy
- Northern France
- Rhineland
- Central Europe
Decorations
- Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in France
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
CHARLES R. BOWERY, JR.
Chief of Military History