Lineage And Honors Information
Lineage and Honors Information as of 26 March 2013
863d Engineer Battalion
- Constituted 15 July 1942 in the Army of the United States as the 1st Battalion, 922d Engineer Regiment, Aviation
- Activated 1 August 1942 at Geiger Field, Washington, as the 1st Battalion, 922d Engineer Aviation Regiment
- Redesignated 1 February 1943 as the 863d Engineer Aviation Battalion
- Inactivated 15 June 1946 in the Philippines
- Allotted 18 February 1949 to the Organized Reserve Corps
- Activated 24 March 1949 with Headquarters at Chicago, Illinois
- (Organized Reserve Corps redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)
- Inactivated 17 January 1955 at Chicago, Illinois
- Redesignated 18 August 1959 as the 863d Engineer Battalion
- Activated 1 October 1959 with Headquarters at Aurora, Illinois
- Location of Headquarters changed 16 September 1998 to Darien, Illinois
- (Organic elements inactivated 16 September 2008 at home stations; Support Company concurrently constituted and activated)
- Ordered into active military service 20 August 2010 at Darien, Illinois; released from active military service 23 September 2011 and reverted to reserve status
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
- World War II
- New Guinea
- Leyte
- Luzon
- War on Terrorism
- Campaigns to be determined
DECORATIONS
- Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered KANDAHAR PROVINCE 2010-2011
- Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 1944 TO
4 JULY 1945
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Center of Military History