538th Engineer Detachment
Lineage and Honors Information as of 13 November 2009
538th Engineer Detachment Lineage
Constituted 6 July 1943 in the Army of the United States as the 1427th Engineer Mobile Searchlight Maintenance Unit
Activated 27 September 1943 at Ogden, Utah
Reorganized and redesignated 8 February 1945 as the 1427th Engineer Mobile Searchlight Maintenance Team
Redesignated 10 April 1945 as the 1427th Engineer Searchlight Maintenance Detachment
Inactivated 6 October 1945 in France
Redesignated 4 March 1948 as the 538th Engineer Searchlight Maintenance Detachment
Activated 5 April 1948 at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland
Reorganized and redesignated 1 April 1954 as the 538th Engineer Detachment
Inactivated 28 January 1955 in Korea
Allotted 19 December 1956 to the Regular Army
Activated 2 January 1957 at Fort Sheridan, Illinois
Inactivated 25 September 1957 at Fort Sheridan, Illinois
Activated 26 December 1957 in Germany
Inactivated 24 March 1962 in Germany
Activated 25 March 1963 at Fort Hood, Texas
Inactivated 6 July 1966 in Vietnam
Activated 1 April 1967 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina
Inactivated 26 May 1967 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina
Activated 1 August 1988 at Fort Belvoir, Virginia
Inactivated 15 September 1995 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina
Activated 16 March 2009 at Fort Knox, Kentucky
538th Engineer Detachment Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
World War II: European-African-Middle Eastern Theater, Streamer without inscription
Korean War: First UN Counteroffensive; CCF Spring Offensive; UN Summer-Fall Offensive; Second Korean Winter; Korea, Summer-Fall 1952; Third Korean Winter; Korea, Summer 1953
Vietnam: Defense; Counteroffensive; Counteroffensive, Phase II
Southwest Asia Defense of Saudi Arabia; Liberation and Defense of Kuwait; Cease-Fire
Decorations
Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation for KOREA 1951-1952