Lineage And Honors Information
Lineage and Honors Information as of 6 February 2013
130th ENGINEER BATTALION
- Constituted 6 February 1959 in the Puerto Rico Army National Guard as the 126th Engineer Battalion
- Organized and Federally recognized 15 February 1959 from existing units with Headquarters at Carolina
- Redesignated 1 May 1959 as the 130th Engineer Battalion
- Location of Headquarters changed 31 December 1967 to Vega Baja
- Ordered into active Federal service 11 February 2003 at home stations; released from active Federal service 21 May 2003 and reverted to territorial control
- Ordered into active Federal service 23 July 2006 at home stations; released from active Federal service 18 January 2008 and reverted to territorial control
- Reorganized 1 September 2008 to consist of the Headquarters and the Support Company (Companies A, B, and C concurrently reorganized and redesignated as the 1013th Engineer Company, the 1014th Engineer Company, and the 1011th Engineer Company, respectively � hereafter separate lineages)
- HOME AREA: Northern Puerto Rico
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
- World War II
- American Theater,
Streamer without inscription - War on Terrorism
- Campaigns to be determined
Support Company (Vega Baja), additionally entitled to:
- World War II
- Central Europe
- War on Terrorism
- Campaigns to be determined
DECORATIONS
- Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ
- Presidential Unit Citation (Navy), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2003
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA 2006-2007
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Center of Military History