4th Engineer Battalion
Lineage and Honors Information as of 6 December 2006
4th Engineer Battalion Lineage
Organized 31 December 1861 in the Regular Army at Washington, District of Columbia, from new and existing companies of engineers as a provisional engineer battalion (constituted 28 July 1866 as the Battalion of Engineers)
Expanded 14 March-7 June 1901 to form the 1st and 2d Battalions of Engineers (1st Battalion of Engineers--hereafter separate lineage)
2d Battalion of Engineers expanded, reorganized, and redesignated 1 July-1 August 1916 as the 2d Regiment of Engineers
2d Regiment of Engineers expanded 21 May-20 June 1917 to form the 2d, 4th, and 5th Regiments of Engineers (2d and 5th Regiments of Engineers--hereafter separate lineages)
4th Regiment of Engineers redesignated 29 August 1917 as the 4th Engineers
Assigned 1 January 1918 to the 4th Division
Inactivated 21 September 1921 at Camp Lewis, Washington
(Company A activated 24 July 1922 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina)
Relieved 15 August 1927 from assignment to the 4th Division and assigned to the 6th Division
(Company A inactivated 30 September 1929)
Relieved 1 October 1933 from assignment to the 6th Division and assigned to the 4th Division (later redesignated as the 4th Infantry Division) (Company A concurrently activated at Fort Benning, Georgia)
Redesignated 19 October 1939 as the 4th Engineer Battalion
Activated (less Company A) 1 June 1940 at Fort Benning, Georgia
Reorganized and redesignated 19 September 1942 as the 4th Engineer Motorized Battalion
Reorganized and redesignated 1 August 1943 as the 4th Engineer Combat Battalion
Inactivated 19 February 1946 at Camp Butner, North Carolina
Activated 6 July 1948 at Fort Ord, California
Redesignated 5 June 1953 as the 4th Engineer Battalion
Inactivated 15 December 2004 at Fort Carson, Colorado, and relieved from assignment to the 4th Infantry Division
Headquarters and Headquarters Company activated 18 October 2006 at Fort Carson, Colorado (Support Company concurrently constituted and activated)
4th Engineer Battalion Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
Civil War: Peninsula; Antietam; Fredericksburg; Chancellorsville; Wilderness; Spotsylvania; Cold Harbor; Petersburg; Appomattox; Virginia 1863
War with Spain: Santiago
Philippine Insurrection: Streamer without inscription
World War I: Aisne-Marne; St. Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne; Champagne 1918; Lorraine 1918
World War II: Normandy (with arrowhead); Northern France; Rhineland; Ardennes-Alsace; Central Europe
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
Decorations
Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for HURTGEN FOREST
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for VIETNAM 1967-1968
Belgian Fourragere 1940
Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in BELGIUM
Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in the ARDENNES
Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm for VIETNAM 1966-1969
Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm for VIETNAM 1969-1970
Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class for VIETNAM 1966-1969
Company A additionally entitled to:
Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for PLEIKU PROVINCE
Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for DAK TO DISTRICT
Company C additionally entitled to:
Valorous Unit Award for QUANG NGAI PROVINCE
Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm for VIETNAM 1966-1967