Lineage and Honors Information as of 22 August 2008
512th Engineer Detachment Lineage
Constituted 12 August 1943 in the Army of the United States as the 1092d Engineer Utilities Detachment
Activated 14 August 1943 at Camp Claiborne, Louisiana
Inactivated 9 December 1945 at Hampton Roads Port of Embarkation, Virginia
Redesignated 30 June 1947 as the 512th Engineer Utilities Detachment
Inactivated 25 January 1949 in Korea
Activated 1 June 1949 in Japan
Inactivated 26 June 1950 in Japan
Redesignated 21 March 1951 as the 512th Engineer Carbon Dioxide Supply Detachment, and allotted to the Regular Army
Activated 12 April 1951 at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri
Reorganized and redesignated 26 April 1952 as the 512th Engineer Carbon Dioxide Generating Detachment
Inactivated 1 October 1953 in Germany
Activated 5 April 1965 at Granite City Army Depot, Illinois
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 17 July 2008 at Fort Sam Houston, Texas
512th Engineer Detachment Honors
World War II: Normandy, Northern France, Rhineland, Ardennes-Alsace, Central Europe
Vietnam: Defense, Counteroffensive, Counteroffensive, Phase II