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533d Engineer Detachment

Lineage and Honors Information as of 19 June 2008

533d Engineer Detachment Lineage

Constituted 15 June 1944 in the Army of the United States as the 2949th Engineer Technical Intelligence Team

Activated 26 June 1944 at Camp Campbell, Kentucky

Redesignated 30 April 1947 as the 533d Engineer Technical Intelligence Team

Reorganized and redesignated 14 September 1953 as the 533d Engineer Detachment; concurrently allotted to the Regular Army

Inactivated 18 December 1967 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina

Activated 1 May 1968 at Fort Belvoir, Virginia

Inactivated 16 November 1971 in Vietnam

Activated 21 June 1974 at Fort Sheridan, Illinois

Inactivated in 1982 at Fort Sheridan, Illinois

Activated 16 October 2007 at Darien, Illinois

533d Engineer Detachment Honors

Campaign Participation Credit

World War II: Rhineland; Ardennes-Alsace; Central Europe

Korean War: CCF Intervention; First UN Counteroffensive; CCF Spring Offensive; UN Summer-Fall Offensive; Second Korean Winter; Korea, Summer-Fall 1952

Vietnam: Counteroffensive, Phase V; Counteroffensive, Phase VI; Tet 69/Counteroffensive; Summer-Fall 1969; Winter-Spring 1970; Sanctuary Counteroffensive; Counteroffensive, Phase VII; Consolidation I

Decorations

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered KOREA 1950-1951


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