16th Engineer Battalion

Lineage and Honors Information as of 16 September 2000

16th Engineer Battalion Lineage

Constituted 11 December 1935 in the Regular Army as the 16th Engineer Regiment

Redesignated 15 July 1940 as the 16th Engineer Battalion; concurrently assigned to the 1st Armored Division and activated at Fort Knox, Kentucky

Redesignated 1 January 1942 as the 16th Armored Engineer Battalion

(Companies D and E disbanded 20 July 1944 in Italy)

Remainder of battalion inactivated 10-13 April 1946 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey

(Company D reconstituted 27 February 1951)

16th Armored Engineer Battalion activated 7 March 1951 at Fort Hood, Texas

Redesignated 15 February 1957 as the 16th Engineer Battalion

Inactivated (less Company A) 23 December 1957 at Fort Polk, Louisiana

Activated (less Company A [active]) 3 February 1962 at Fort Hood, Texas

Relieved 16 June 1991 from assignment to the 1st Armored Division and assigned to the 3d Infantry Division

Relieved 16 November 1993 from assignment to the 3d Infantry Division

Assigned 16 February 1997 to the 1st Armored Division

16th Engineer Battalion Honors

Campaign Participation Credit

World War II: Tunisia; Naples-Foggia; Anzio (with arrowhead); Rome-Arno; North Apennines; Po Valley

Southwest Asia: Defense of Saudi Arabia; Liberation and Defense of Kuwait; Cease-Fire

Company B additionally entitled to:

World War II-EAME: Algeria-French Morocco (with arrowhead)

Decorations

Valorous Unit Award for IRAQ-KUWAIT

Army Superior Unit Award for 1995-1996

Company A additionally entitled to:

Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for MT. PORCHIA