Lineage and Honors Information as of 27 April 2017
877th Engineer Battalion
- Constituted 1 January 1943 in the Army of the United States as the 877th Airborne Engineer Battalion, Aviation, and activated at Westover Field, Massachusetts
- Redesignated 24 March 1943 as the 877th Airborne Engineer Aviation Battalion
- Inactivated 4 October 1945 at Camp Myles Standish, Massachusetts
- Redesignated 6 March 1952 as the 877th Engineer Aviation Battalion
- Allotted 16 September 1952 to the Alabama Army National Guard
- Organized and Federally recognized 13 November 1952 in northwestern Alabama with Headquarters at Hamilton
- Reorganized and redesignated 15 January 1957 as the 877th Engineer Battalion
- Ordered into active Federal service 11 June 1963 at home stations; released 16 June 1963 from active Federal service and reverted to state control
- Ordered into active Federal service 10 September 1963 at home stations; released 12 September 1963 from active Federal service and reverted to state control
- Ordered into active Federal service 15 March 2003 at home stations; released from active Federal service 13 March 2004 and reverted to state control
- Reorganized 1 September 2008 to consist of Headquarters and the Support Company (former Companies A, B, and C reorganized as the 166th Engineer Company, the 1301st Engineer Detachment, and the 168th Engineer Company, respectively - hereafter separate lineages)
- Ordered into active Federal service 10 May 2009 at home stations; released from active Federal service 13 June 2010 and reverted to state control
- Ordered into active Federal service 6 April 2014 at home stations; released from active Federal service 9 May 2015 and reverted to state control
Campaign Participation Credit
- World War II
- Normandy
- Northern France
- War on Terrorism
- Global War on Terrorism
- Iraq:
- Liberation of Iraq
- Transition of Iraq
- (additional campaigns to be determined)
Headquarters Company (Haleyville), additionally entitled to:
- Korean War
- CCF Intervention
- First UN Counteroffensive
- CCF Spring Offensive
- UN Summer-Fall Offensive
- Second Korean Winter
- Korea, Summer-Fall 1952
- Third Korean Winter
- Korea, Summer 1953
Support Company (Northport), additionally entitled to:
- World War II
- New Guinea (with arrowhead)
- Southern Philippines
- (additional campaigns to be determined)
Decorations
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2003-2004
- Headquarters Company (Haleyville), additionally entitled to:
- Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered HONGCHON
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered KOREA
- Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA
- Support Company (Northport), additionally entitled to:
- Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 1944 TO 1 JULY 1945
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
CHARLES R. BOWERY, JR.
Chief of Military History