508th Engineer Detachment
Lineage and Honors Information as of 1 October 2007
508th Engineer Detachment Lineage
Constituted 12 April 1944 in the Army of the United States as the 1600th Engineer Utilities Detachment
Activated 14 April 1944 in England
Inactivated 13 December 1945 at Camp Patrick Henry, Virginia
Redesignated 27 June 1947 as the 508th Engineer Utilities Detachment
Activated 20 July 1947 in Korea
Reorganized and redesignated 1 June 1949 as the 508th Engineer Supply Detachment
Allotted 25 October 1951 to the Regular Army
Reorganized and redesignated 15 February 1953 as the 508th Engineer Utilities Detachment
Inactivated 25 March 1954 in Korea
Redesignated 26 May 1959 as the 508th Engineer Detachment
Activated 25 June 1959 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina
Inactivated 17 February 1969 in Vietnam
Activated 16 October 2005 at Fort Campbell, Kentucky
508th Engineer Detachment Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
World War II: Normandy; Northern France
Korean War: Third Korean Winter; Korea, Summer 1953
Vietnam: Defense; Counteroffensive; Counteroffensive, Phase II; Counteroffensive, Phase III; Tet Counteroffensive; Counteroffensive, Phase IV; Counteroffensive, Phase V; Counteroffensive, Phase VI
Decorations
Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 1953