961st Engineer Battalion

Lineage and Honors Information as of 30 September 1996

961st Engineer Battalion Lineage

Constituted 15 July 1942 in the Army of the United States as the 2d Battalion, 922d Engineers

Activated 1 August 1942 at Geiger Field, Washington, as the 2d Battalion, 922d Engineer Aviation Regiment

Redesignated 1 March 1943 as the 1881st Engineer Aviation Battalion

Inactivated 15 June 1946 in the Philippine Islands

Redesignated 25 June 1948 as the 961st Engineer Construction Battalion and allotted to the Organized Reserve Corps

Activated 14 July 1948 with Headquarters at Milwaukee, Wisconsin

(Organized Reserve Corps redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)

Reorganized and redesignated 1 February 1954 as the 961st Engineer Battalion

961st Engineer Battalion Honors

Campaign Participation Credit

World War II: New Guinea (with arrowhead); Leyte; Luzon

Decorations

Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for LEYTE

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for PHILIPPINE ISLANDS

Philippine Presidential Unit Citation for 17 OCTOBER 1944 TO 4 JULY 1945