14th Engineer Battalion
(Rugged!)
Lineage and Honors Information as of 12 May 2009
14th Engineer Battalion Lineage
Parent unit constituted 1 October 1933 in the Regular Army as the 36th Engineers
Activated 1 June 1941 at Plattsburg Barracks, New York
Redesignated 1 August 1942 as the 36th Engineer Combat Regiment
Regiment broken up 15 February 1945 and its elements reorganized and redesignated as follows:
2d Battalion as the 2827th Engineer Combat Battalion (Headquarters and Headquarters and Service Company as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 36th Engineer Combat Group; 1st Battalion as the 2826th Engineer Combat Battalion; 3d Battalion as the 2828th Engineer Combat Battalion--hereafter separate lineages)
2827th Engineer Combat Battalion inactivated 25 February 1946 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey
Redesignated 29 April 1947 as the 14th Engineer Combat Battalion
Activated 15 March 1950 in Japan
Redesignated 15 March 1954 as the 14th Engineer Battalion
Inactivated 25 June 1958 in Korea
Activated 17 June 1962 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina
(Organic elements inactivated 17 May 2007 at Fort Lewis, Washington; Support Company concurrently constituted and activated)
14th Engineer Battalion Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
World War II: Algeria-French Morocco (with arrowhead); Tunisia; Sicily (with arrowhead); Naples-Foggia (with arrowhead); Anzio (with arrowhead); Rome-Arno; Southern France (with arrowhead); Rhineland; Ardennes-Alsace; Central Europe
Korean War : UN Defensive; UN Offensive; CCF Intervention; First UN Offensive; CCF Spring Offensive; UN Summer-Fall Offensive; Second Korean Winter; Korea, Summer-Fall 1952; Third Korean Winter; Korea, Summer 1953
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
War on Terrorism: Campaigns to be determined
Decorations
Valorous Unit Award for IRAQ 2004
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for KOREA 1950-1951
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for VIETNAM 1966-1967
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2005-2006
Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class for VIETNAM 1970-1971