During Operation Desert Storm, the detachment lost 13 soldiers and 43 would be wounded in an Iraqi Al Hussein ballistic missile attack on 25 February 1991 at Dhahran, Saudi Arabia; the 14th, which had been in Saudi Arabia only six days, suffered the greatest number of casualties of any allied unit during Operation Desert Storm.
Three days later, the unit arrived at Fort Lee, Virginia to conduct intensive mobilization training in preparation for deployment to Saudi Arabia.
The failure of the Patriot air defense system in tracking the Scud missile over Dhahran was provoked by a shift in the range gate of the radar due to the continuous use of the software for more than 100 hours without resetting.
The radar initially detected the incoming Scud but lost track of the Al-Hussein when the system failed to predict its new position.
The 99th ARCOM and the 1st Army set up a casualty assistance center in town with chaplains, counselors, social workers, and representatives from several federal agencies.
Local ministers, the mayor, the Governor of Pennsylvania, and the Secretary of the Army honored the members of the 14th Quartermaster Detachment killed in the missile attack.
In 1999, the unit was deployed again, this time to Puerto Barrios, Guatemala, to provide fresh water to soldiers involved in assisting victims of Hurricane Mitch.
On the first anniversary of this devastating loss, 25 February 1992, a monument to the 14th Quartermaster Detachment was dedicated at the U.S. Army Reserve Center in Greensburg, Pennsylvania.
Army Chief of Staff, General Gordon R. Sullivan gave the keynote address and assisted in unveiling the monument.
Remarks were given by numerous dignitaries, including Pennsylvania Governor Robert Casey, Senator Arlen Specter, Senator Harris Wofford, Congressmen, John Murtha, Major General James Baylor (Commander, 99th Army Reserve Command), and members of the 14th Quartermaster Detachment – (Specialist Neal E. Gouker).
Etched in the center pillar is the emblem of the U.S. Army Quartermaster Corps, preceded by the following quotes: In honor of the men and women of the 14th Quartermaster Detachment who served both God and country loyally in Operation Desert Storm... "I have seen in your eyes a fire of determination to get this job done quickly so that we may return to the shore of our great country.
General Norman Schwarzkopf The 69 names of the Detachment soldiers who deployed to Saudi Arabia are featured on two bronze plaques on the front of the right and left stones.
To the right front are two life-size cast bronze figures: a kneeling man and a standing woman in desert battle dress uniforms, reflecting on the loss of their comrades.