Lineage And Honors Information
Lineage and Honors Information as of 28 October 2014
299th ENGINEER BATTALION
- Constituted 8 February 1943 in the Army of the United States as the 299th Engineer Combat Battalion
- Activated 1 March 1943 at Camp White, Oregon
- Inactivated 18 October 1945 at Camp Shanks, New York
- Allotted 28 March 1947 to the Organized Reserves
- Activated 27 May 1947 with Headquarters at Hempstead, New York
- (Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)
- Inactivated 31 July 1950 at Hempstead, New York
- Redesignated 11 October 1954 as the 299th Engineer Battalion; concurrently withdrawn from the Army Reserve and allotted to the Regular Army
- Activated 3 December 1954 in Germany
- Inactivated 17 November 1971 at Fort Lewis, Washington
- Activated 21 December 1975 at Fort Sill, Oklahoma
- (Company D [inactive] withdrawn 16 April 1989 from the Regular Army and allotted to the Army Reserve; concurrently activated at Pine Bluff, Arkansas)
- Assigned 16 October 1992 to the 4th Infantry Division
- (Company D inactivated 15 November 1993 at Pine Bluff, Arkansas; concurrently withdrawn from the Army Reserve and allotted to the Regular Army)
- Inactivated 15 November 1995 at Fort Carson, Colorado
- Activated 16 January 1996 at Fort Hood, Texas
- Inactivated 15 December 2004 at Fort Hood, Texas
- Assigned 16 March 2014 to the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, and activated at Fort Carson, Colorado
Campaign Participation Credit
- World War II
- Normandy (with arrowhead)
- Northern France
- Rhineland
- Ardennes-Alsace
- 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
- Consolidation I
- Southwest Asia
- Defense of Saudi Arabia
- Liberation and Defense of Kuwait
- War on Terrorism
- Campaigns to be determined
Company D additionally entitled to:
- Southwest Asia
- Cease-Fire
Decorations
- Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered NORMANDY
- Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered DAK TO-BEN HET
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA 1990-1991
- Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 1996-1997
- Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1970-1971
- Company C additionally entitled to:
- Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action at St. Vith
- Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1971
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
RICHARD W. STEWART, PH.D.
Chief of Military History