Lineage and Honors Information as of 9 March 2016
368th Engineer Battalion
- Constituted 1 February 1943 in the Army of the United States as the 203d Engineer Combat Battalion
- Activated 25 February 1943 at Camp McCain, Mississippi
- Inactivated 6 October 1945 in France
- Redesignated 11 April 1947 as the 368th Engineer Combat Battalion and allotted to the Organized Reserves
- Activated 22 April 1947 with Headquarters at Manchester, New Hampshire
- (Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)
- Location of Headquarters changed 24 December 1948 to Concord, New Hampshire
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 July 1950 as the 368th Engineer Construction Battalion
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 September 1953 as the 368th Engineer Battalion
- Location of Headquarters changed 3 February 1975 to Manchester, New Hampshire; on 15 April 1999 to Londonderry, New Hampshire
- Elements ordered into active military service 6 July 2000 at home stations; later released from active military service and reverted to reserve status
- Ordered into active military service 7 February 2003 at home stations; released from active military service 9 June 2004 and reverted to reserve status
- Lettered companies inactivated 16 September 2008 at home stations; Support Company concurrently constituted and activated
- Ordered into active military service 13 January 2011 at Londonderry, New Hampshire; released from active military service 16 February 2012 and reverted to reserve status
- Ordered into active military service 31 May 2016 at Londonderry, New Hampshire
Campaign Participation Credit
- World War II
- Normandy (with arrowhead)
- Northern France
- Rhineland
- Ardennes-Alsace
- Central Europe
- War on Terrorism
- Campaigns to be determined
Decorations
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA 2003
- French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II, Streamer embroidered NORMANDY
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
CHARLES R. BOWERY, JR.
Chief of Military History
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