Lineage And Honors Information
Lineage and Honors Information as of 7 April 2017
601st Engineer Detachment
- Constituted 10 May 1943 in the Army of the United States as the 1601st Engineer Map Depot Detachment
- Activated 17 May 1943 at Fort Belvoir, Virginia
- Inactivated 10 October 1945 at Caserta, Italy
- Redesignated 19 August 1965 as the 601st Engineer Detachment and allotted to the Regular Army
- Activated 1 September 1965 at Fort Belvoir, Virginia
- Inactivated 17 February 1969 at Qui Nhon, Vietnam
- Withdrawn 3 May 2004 from the Regular Army and allotted to the Army Reserve
- Activated 17 September 2005 at Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- Inactivated 15 September 2008 at Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- Activated 16 September 2016 at Southfield, Michigan
Campaign Participation Credit
- World War II
- European-African-Middle Eastern Theater
- Streamer without inscription
- Vietnam
- Counteroffensive
- Counteroffensive, Phase II
- Counteroffensive, Phase III
- Tet Counteroffensive
- Counteroffensive, Phase IV
- Counteroffensive, Phase V
- Counteroffensive, Phase VI
Decorations
None
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
CHARLES R. BOWERY, JR.
Chief of Military History