Lineage and Honors Information as of 16 June 2011
107th ENGINEER BATTALION
Organized 8 August 1881 in the Michigan State Troops as the Calumet Light Guard and mustered into state service as Company B, 2d Battalion of Infantry
Redesignated in 1883 as Company H, 3d Infantry Regiment
Redesignated 28 November 1891 as Company D, 5th Infantry Regiment
(Michigan State Troops redesignated 31 December 1894 as the Michigan National Guard)
Mustered into Federal service 25 May 1898 at Island Lake as Company D, 34th Michigan Volunteer Infantry; mustered out of Federal service in December 1898 at Calumet
Reorganized 10 July 1899 in the Michigan National Guard as Company E, 3d Infantry
Converted, reorganized, and redesignated 1 June 1906 as Company A, Michigan Engineer Corps
Mustered into Federal service in June 1916; mustered out of Federal service in March 1917
Expanded, reorganized, and redesignated in 1917 as the 1st Engineer Battalion
Drafted into Federal service 5 August 1917
Reorganized and redesignated 23 September 1917 as the 1st Battalion, 107th Engineers, an element of the 32d Division
Demobilized 25-28 May 1919 at Camp Custer, Michigan
Reorganized and Federally recognized 26 April 1937 in the Michigan National Guard as the 1st Battalion, 107th Engineers, an element of the 32d Division
Expanded, reorganized, and redesignated 29 December 1939 as the 107th Engineers with Headquarters at Detroit
Inducted into Federal service 15 October 1940 at home stations
Regiment (less 2d Battalion) reorganized and redesignated 16 January 1942 as the 107th Engineer Combat Battalion and remained assigned to the 32d Division (later redesignated as the 32d Infantry Division) [2d Battalion concurrently reorganized and redesignated as the 2d Battalion, 131st Engineers-hereafter separate lineage])
107th Engineer Combat Battalion inactivated 1 June 1942 in Northern Ireland and relieved from assignment to the 32d Infantry Division; personnel concurrently transferred to the 2d Battalion, 112th Engineers (concurrently constituted in the Army of the United States and activated in Northern Ireland)
Reorganized and redesignated 19 August 1943 as the 254th Engineer Combat Battalion
Inactivated 22 December 1945 at Camp Myles Standish, Massachusetts
107th and 254th Engineer Combat Battalions consolidated, reorganized, and Federally recognized 10 December 1946 in the Michigan National Guard as the 107th Engineer Combat Battalion with Headquarters at Ishpeming; concurrently assigned to the 46th Infantry Division
Redesignated 1 March 1953 as the 107th Engineer Battalion
Relieved 1 February 1968 from assignment to the 46th Infantry Division
Elements ordered into active Federal service 30 October 2004-7 March 2005 at home stations; released from active Federal service 15 November 2005-1 July 2006 and reverted to state control
Ordered into active Federal service 19 July 2007 at Ishpeming
Reorganized 1 September 2007 to consist of Headquarters and Headquarters Company and the Support Company ([organized and Federally recognized 28 January 2010 at Ishpeming] Companies A, B, and C concurrently reorganized and redesignated as the 1431st, 1432d, and 1430th Engineer Companies, respectively-hereafter separate lineages)
Battalion released from active Federal service 21 August 2008 and reverted to state control
HOME STATION: Ishpeming
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
War with Spain
Santiago
World War I
Aisne-Marne
Oise-Aisne
Meuse-Argonne
Alsace 1918
Champagne 1918
World War II
Normandy (with arrowhead)
Northern France
Rhineland
Ardennes-Alsace
Central Europe
War on Terrorism
Iraq:
Iraqi Surge
DECORATIONS
Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered BELGIUM
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2007-2008
Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 1993
French Croix de Guerre with Silver Star, World War II, Streamer embroidered BELGIUM
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Center of Military History