Lineage and Honors Information as of 1 February 2011
HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY
18th ENGINEER BRIGADE
Constituted 29 July 1921 in the Organized Reserves as the 347th Engineers
Organized in February 1922 in Missouri with Headquarters at Kansas City
Inactivated 22 January 1942 in Minnesota
Activated 6 May 1942 at Camp Claiborne, Louisiana, and ordered into active military service
Redesignated 1 August 1942 as the 347th Engineer General Service Regiment
Inactivated 1 June 1946 in Germany
Activated 15 June 1947 at Salt Lake City, Utah
(Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)
Inactivated 16 March 1949 at Salt Lake City, Utah
Headquarters and Headquarters and Service Company, 347th Engineer General Service Regiment, redesignated 25 October 1954 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 18th Engineer Brigade; concurrently withdrawn from the Army Reserve, allotted to the Regular Army, and activated at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri (remainder of regiment disbanded)
Inactivated 26 March 1963 at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri
Activated 16 July 1965 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina
Inactivated 20 September 1971 in Vietnam
Activated 21 October 1977 in Germany
Inactivated 15 October 1992 in Germany
Activated 6 June 2004 in Germany
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
World War II
Normandy
Northern France
Rhineland
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
War on Terrorism
Iraq:
Iraqi Surge
(Additional campaigns to be determined)
DECORATIONS
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered EUROPEAN THEATER
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1967-1968
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1968-1969
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1969-1970
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1970-1971
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN 2005-2006
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2008-2009
Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1970-1971
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
PETER D. CREAN
COL, LG
Director, Center of Military History