Lineage And Honors Information
Lineage and Honors Information as of 8 September 2016
27th Engineer Battalion
- Constituted 16 January 1918 in the National Army at Fort Myer, Virginia, as the 2d Battalion, 37th Engineer Regiment
- Demobilized in March 1919 at Camp Upton, New York
- Reconstituted 1 October 1933 in the Regular Army as the 2d Battalion, 37th Engineers
- Activated 14 July 1941 at Camp Bowie, Texas
- Redesignated 1 August 1942 as the 2d Battalion, 37th Engineer Combat Regiment
- Reorganized and redesignated 15 March 1943 as the 209th Engineer Combat Battalion
- Inactivated 27 November 1945 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey
- Redesignated 29 April 1947 as the 27th Engineer Combat Battalion
- Activated 18 September 1950 at Fort Lewis, Washington
- Inactivated 26 October 1950 at Fort Lewis, Washington
- Activated 1 March 1951 at Fort Campbell, Kentucky
- Redesignated 8 June 1953 as the 27th Engineer Battalion
- (Lettered companies inactivated 17 October 2008 at Fort Campbell, Kentucky; Support Company concurrently constituted and activated)
Campaign Participation Credit
- World War I
- St. Mihiel
- Meuse-Argonne
- World War II
- India-Burma
- Central Burma
- Vietnam
- 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
- Consolidation II
- Southwest Asia
- Defense of Saudi Arabia
- Liberation and Defense of Kuwait
- War on Terrorism
- Campaigns to be determined
Decorations
- Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered MYITKYINA
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1966-1967
- 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
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1970-1971
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA 1990-1991
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN 2004
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN 2006-2007
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN 2009-2010
- Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 1990
- Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1967-1968
- Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1970
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
CHARLES R. BOWERY, JR.
Chief of Military History