537th Engineer Detachment
Lineage and Honors Information as of 3 August 2007
537th Engineer Detachment Lineage
Constituted 21 June 1943 in the Army of the United States as the 2003d Engineer Aviation Fire Fighting Platoon
Activated 1 July 1943 at Bradley Field, Connecticut
Inactivated 21 November 1945 in England
Redesignated 12 March 1951 as the 518th Engineer Fire Fighting Platoon and allotted to the Regular Army
Activated 4 April 1951 at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri
Reorganized and redesignated 20 October 1953 as the 537th Engineer Detachment
Inactivated 20 September 1958 in Germany
Activated 25 June 1965 at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri
Inactivated 14 December 1970 in Vietnam
Activated 1 September 1980 at Fort Lewis, Washington
Inactivated 15 August 1988 at Fort Lewis, Washington
Activated 16 October 2005 at Fort Lewis, Washington
537th Engineer Detachment Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
World War II: European-African-Middle Eastern Theater, Streamer without inscription
Vietnam: Defense; Counteroffensive; 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;
Decorations
Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered 11 JANUARY 1944