Lineage and Honors Information as of 26 March 2018
665th Engineer Detachment
- Constituted 30 July 1942 in the Army of the United States as Detachment, 563d Engineer Boat Maintenance Company
- Activated 6 August 1942 at Osterville, Massachusetts
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 June 1943 as the 2d Platoon, Company B, 563d Engineer Boat Maintenance Battalion
- Reorganized and redesignated 9 June 1944 as the 1463d Engineer Maintenance Company
- Inactivated 22 December 1945 at Camp Stoneman, California
- Redesignated 17 November 1948 as the 665th Engineer Maintenance Company, and allotted to the Organized Reserve Corps
- Activated 8 December 1948 at Butler, Pennsylvania
- Inactivated 24 October 1950 at Butler, Pennsylvania
- (Organized Reserve Corps redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)
- Redesignated 8 June 1954 as the 665th Engineer Company
- Activated 2 July 1954 at Easton, Pennsylvania
- Location changed 16 April 1957 to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Inactivated 22 February 1963 at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Activated 16 September 2008 at Brookville, Pennsylvania
- Reorganized and redesignated 17 September 2015 as the 665th Engineer Detachment
- Ordered into active military service 27 March 2018 at Brookville, Pennsylvania
Campaign Participation Credit
- World War II
- New Guinea
- Bismarck Archipelago
Decorations
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered PACIFIC THEATER
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
CHARLES R. BOWERY, JR.
Chief of Military History