Lineage and Honors Information as of 31 January 2012
514th ENGINEER DETACHMENT
Constituted 12 August 1943 in the Army of the United States as the 1098th Engineer Utilities Detachment
Activated 14 August 1943 at Camp Claiborne, Louisiana
Inactivated 13 March 1946 in France
Activated 10 December 1946 in Korea
Redesignated 30 June 1947 as the 514th Engineer Utilities Detachment
Inactivated 25 January 1949 in Korea
Redesignated 25 August 1952 as the 514th Engineer Carbon Dioxide Generating Detachment and allotted to the Regular Army
Activated 18 September 1952 at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri
Reorganized and redesignated 2 October 1953 as the 514th Engineer Detachment
Inactivated 15 April 1971 in Vietnam
Activated 1 September 1980 at Fort Stewart, Georgia
Inactivated 15 July 1988 at Fort Stewart, Georgia
Activated 16 October 2005 at Hunter Army Airfield, Georgia
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
World War II
Normandy
Northern France
Vietnam
Counteroffensive, Phase II
Counteroffensive, Phase III
Tet Counteroffensive
Counteroffensive, Phase IV
Counteroffensive, Phase V
Counteroffensive, Phase VI
Tet 69/Counteroffensive
Summer-Fall 1969
Winter-Spring 1970
Sanctuary Counteroffensive
Counteroffensive, Phase VII
War on Terrorism
Campaigns to be determined
DECORATIONS
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered EUROPEAN THEATER
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN 2009-2010
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Center of Military History