315th Engineer Battalion
Lineage and Honors Information as of 13 November 2009
315th Engineer Battalion Lineage
Constituted 5 August 1917 in the National Army as the 315th Engineers, an element of the 90th Division
Organized in August 1917 at Camp Travis, Texas
Demobilized 26 June 1919 at Camp Dodge, Iowa
Reconstituted 24 June 1921 in the Organized Reserves as the 315th Engineers, an element of the 90th Division
Organized in November 1921 at San Antonio, Texas
Regiment (less 2d Battalion) reorganized and redesignated 30 January 1942 as the 315th Engineer Battalion, an element of the 90th Division (later redesignated as the 90th Infantry Division) (2d Battalion concurrently reorganized and redesignated as the 869th Engineer Battalion--hereafter separate lineage)
Ordered into active military service 25 March 1942 at Camp Barkeley, Texas
Reorganized and redesignated 15 September 1942 as the 315th Engineer Motorized Battalion
Reorganized and redesignated 19 May 1943 as the 315th Engineer Combat Battalion
Inactivated 22 December 1945 at Camp Patrick Henry, Virginia
Activated 28 April 1947 at San Antonio, Texas
(Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)
Reorganized and redesignated 6 April 1953 as the 315th Engineer Battalion
(Location of Headquarters changed 1 April 1959 to Houston, Texas)
Inactivated 31 December 1965 at Houston, Texas, and relieved from assignment to the 90th Infantry Division
Headquarters and Headquarters Company activated 16 October 2009 at Camp Pendleton, California (Support Company to be concurrently constituted and activated)
315th Engineer Battalion Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
World War I: St. Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne; Lorraine 1918
World War II: Normandy (with arrowhead); Northern France; Rhineland; Ardennes-Alsace; Central Europe
Decorations
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for EUROPEAN THEATER JUNE – AUG 1944
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for EUROPEAN THEATER AUG 1944 – FEB 1945
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for EUROPEAN THEATER FEB 1945-AUG 1945
French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II for MOSELLE-SARRE RIVERS