Constituted 29 July 1921 in the Organized Reserves as the 1st Battalion, 348th Engineers

Organized in September 1922 at Telluride, Colorado

Location changed 21 May 1925 to Denver, Colorado

Inactivated 1 January 1938 at Denver, Colorado; concurrently withdrawn from the Organized Reserves and allotted to the Regular Army

Activated 15 July 1942 at Camp Crowder, Missouri, as the 1st Battalion, 348th Engineer Regiment

Redesignated 24 October 1942 as the 1st Battalion, 348th Engineer General Service Regiment

Reorganized and redesignated 15 April 1943 as the 348th Engineer Combat Battalion

Inactivated 27 February 1946 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey

Redesignated 17 February 1947 as the 40th Engineer Combat Battalion

Redesignated 16 October 1991 as the 40th Engineer Battalion; concurrently activated in Germany and assigned to the 1st Armored Division

Relieved 16 October 2009 from assignment to the 1st Armored Division and assigned to the 170th Infantry Brigade

 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

                                                             World War II
                                                            Normandy (with arrowhead)
                                                            Northern France
                                                            Rhineland
                                                            Ardennes-Alsace
                                                            Central Europe

                                                             War on Terrorism
                                                            Global War on Terrorism

                                                             Iraq:
                                                            Liberation of Iraq
                                                            Transition of Iraq
                                                            Iraqi Governance
                                                            National Resolution
                                                            Iraqi Surge

                                                            (Additional campaigns to be determined)

                                                
DECORATIONS

Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered AL KUT AND AN NAJAF

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered EUROPEAN THEATER

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA 2005-2006

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2008-2009

Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 1995-1996

French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II, Streamer embroidered NORMANDY BEACHES

Company A additionally entitled to:

Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2008-2009

 

 

BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY: