299th Engineer Battalion
Lineage and Honors Information as of 27 November 2001
299th Engineer Battalion Lineage
Constituted 8 February 1943 in the Army of the United States as the 299th Engineer Combat Battalion
Activated 1 March 1943 at Camp White, Oregon
Inactivated 18 October 1945 at Camp Shanks, New York
Allotted 28 March 1947 to the Organized Reserves
Activated 27 May 1947 with Headquarters at Hempstead, New York
(Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)
Inactivated 31 July 1950 at Hempstead, New York
Redesignated 11 October 1954 as the 299th Engineer Battalion; concurrently withdrawn from the Army Reserve and allotted to the Regular Army
Activated 3 December 1954 in Germany
Inactivated 17 November 1971 at Fort Lewis, Washington
Activated 21 December 1975 at Fort Sill, Oklahoma
(Company D [inactive] withdrawn 16 April 1989 from the Regular Army and allotted to the Army Reserve; concurrently activated at Pine Bluff, Arkansas; inactivated 15 November 1993 at Pine Bluff, Arkansas)
Assigned 16 October 1992 to the 4th Infantry Division
Inactivated 15 November 1995 at Fort Carson, Colorado
Activated 16 January 1996 at Fort Hood, Texas
299th Engineer Battalion Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
World War II: Normandy (with arrowhead); Northern France; Rhineland; Ardennes-Alsace; Central Europe
Vietnam: Defense; Counteroffensive; 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
Southwest Asia: Defense of Saudi Arabia; Liberation and Defense of Kuwait
Decorations
Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for NORMANDY
Valorous Unit Award for DAK TO-BEN HET
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for SOUTHWEST ASIA
Army Superior Unit Award for 1996-1997
Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class for VIETNAM 1970-1971
Company C additionally entitled to:
Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action at St. Vith
Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class for VIETNAM 1971