11th Engineer Battalion
Lineage and Honors Information as of 12 April 2007
11th Engineer Battalion Lineage
Constituted 19 March 1917 in the Enlisted Reserve Corps as the 1st Reserve Engineers
Organized 6 April-26 May 1917 at New York, New York
Ordered into active military service by companies 22 May-2 June 1917 at Fort Totten, New York
Withdrawn 9 June 1917 from allotment to the Enlisted Reserve Corps and allotted to the National Army; concurrently redesignated as the 1st Engineers
Redesignated 13 July 1917 as the 11th Engineers
Demobilized 6 May 1919 at Camp Upton, New York
Reconstituted 4 November 1920 and expanded to form the 363d Engineers in the Organized Reserves (hereafter separate lineage) and the 11th Engineers in the Regular Army
11th Engineers activated 20 November 1920 in the Panama Canal Zone
Assigned 2 June 1921 to the Panama Canal Division
Relieved 15 April 1932 from assignment to the Panama Canal Division
Reorganized and redesignated 1 April 1943 as the 11th Engineer Battalion
Reorganized and redesignated 23 September 1943 as the 11th Engineer Combat Battalion
Inactivated 30 November 1946 in Austria
Activated 15 March 1950 in Japan
Reorganized and redesignated 15 March 1954 as the 11th Engineer Battalion
Inactivated 15 August 1989 at Fort Belvoir, Virginia
Assigned 17 July 1992 to the 24th Infantry Division and activated at Fort Stewart, Georgia
Relieved 15 February 1996 from assignment to the 24th Infantry Division and assigned to the 3d Infantry Division
Inactivated 15 March 2004 at Fort Stewart, Georgia, and relieved from assignment to the 3d Infantry Division
Headquarters and Headquarters Company activated 16 January 2007 at Fort Benning, Georgia (Support Company concurrently constituted and activated)
11th Engineer Battalion Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
World War I: Cambrai; St. Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne
World War II: American Theater, streamer without inscription; Rhineland; Ardennes-Alsace; Central Europe
Korean War: UN Defensive; UN Offensive; CCF Intervention; First UN Counteroffensive; CCF Spring Offensive; UN Summer-Fall Offensive; Second Korean Winter; Korea, Summer-Fall 1952; Third Korean Winter; Korea, Summer 1953
War on Terrorism: Campaigns to be determined
Decorations
Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for IRAQ 2003
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for KOREA 1950-1951
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for KOREA 1953-1954
Army Superior Unit Award for 1994
Army Superior Unit Award for 2001