Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment
593d Support Group
Lineage and Honors Information as of 12 July 2007
Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment
593d Support Group Lineage
Constituted 7 August 1944 in the Army of the United States as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1350th Engineer Base Depot Group
Activated 19 August 1944 at Camp Claiborne, Louisiana
Inactivated 20 May 1946 in the Philippine Islands
Redesignated 10 November 1948 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 593d Engineer Base Depot
Activated 16 December 1948 on Guam
Inactivated 27 January 1950 on Guam
Allotted 26 December 1951 to the Regular Army
Activated 19 January 1952 at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri
Reorganized and redesignated 25 May 1953 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 593d Engineer Group
Converted and redesignated 25 April 1966 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 593d General Support Group
Inactivated 30 April 1972 at Oakland, California
Redesignated 21 March 1973 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 593d Support Group, and activated at Fort Lewis, Washington
Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment
593d Support Group Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
World War II: Leyte; Luzon
Vietnam: 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; Consolidation I; Consolidation II; Cease-Fire
Southwest Asia: Defense of Saudi Arabia; Liberation and Defense of Kuwait; Cease-Fire
Decorations
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered PACIFIC THEATER
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1969-1970
Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 1944 TO 4 JULY 1945