Lineage and Honors Information as of 22 Sept 2021

1st Engineer Battalion

  • Organized 31 December 1861 in the Regular Army at Washington, D.C., from new and existing companies of engineers (Company A, Corps of Engineers, constituted 15 May 1846; Companies B, C, and D, Corps of Engineers, constituted 6 August 1861) as a provisional engineer battalion (constituted 28 July 1866 as the Battalion of Engineers)
  • Expanded 14 March - 7 June 1901 to form the 1st and 2d Battalions of Engineers (2d Battalion of Engineers--hereafter separate lineage)
  • 1st Battalion of Engineers expanded, reorganized, and redesignated 1 July 1916 as the 1st Regiment of Engineers
  • 1st Regiment of Engineers expanded 15 May 1917 to form the 1st, 6th, and 7th Regiments of Engineers (6th and 7th Regiments of Engineers--hereafter separate lineages)
  • 1st Regiment of Engineers redesignated 29 August 1917 as the 1st Engineers
  • Assigned in September 1917 to the 1st Expeditionary Division (later redesignated as the 1st Division)
  • Regiment broken up 9-21 October 1939 and its elements reorganized and redesignated as follows:
  • 1st Battalion on 12 October 1939 as the 1st Engineer Battalion, an element of the 1st Division (later redesignated as the 1st Infantry Division)
  • (2d Battalion on 9 October 1939 as the 27th Engineer Battalion; Band on 21 October 1939 as the Station Band, Fort Dupont--hereafter separate lineages); remaining elements of the regiment disbanded 12 October 1939)
  • 1st Engineer Battalion redesignated 1 August 1942 as the 1st Engineer Combat Battalion
  • Redesignated 5 June 1953 as the 1st Engineer Battalion
  • Relieved 16 March 2006 from assignment to the 1st Infantry Division (Lettered companies concurrently inactivated; Support Company concurrently constituted and activated)
  • Assigned 17 October 2014 to the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division (Support Company concurrently inactivated and lettered companies activated)Item

Campaign Participation Credit

  • Civil War
  • Peninsula
  • Antietam
  • Fredericksburg
  • Chancellorsville
  • Wilderness
  • Spotsylvania
  • Cold Harbor
  • Petersburg
  • Appomattox
  • Virginia 1863
  • War with Spain
  • Manila
  • Philippine Insurrection
  • Manila
  • Cavite
  • Tarlac
  • World War I
  • Montdidier-Noyon
  • Aisne-Marne
  • St. Mihiel
  • Meuse-Argonne
  • Lorraine 1918
  • Picardy 1918
  • World War II
  • Algeria-French Morocco
  • (with arrowhead)
  • Tunisia
  • Sicily (with arrowhead)
  • 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
  • Southwest Asia
  • Defense of Saudi Arabia
  • Liberation and Defense of Kuwait
  • Cease-Fire
  • War on Terrorism
  • Iraq:
  • Transition of Iraq
  • Iraqi Governance
  • National Resolution
  • Iraqi Surge
  • Iraqi Sovereignty
  • (Additional campaigns to be determined)

Company A additionally entitled to:

  • Mexican War
  • Vera Cruz
  • Cerro Gordo
  • Contreras
  • Churubusco
  • Molino del Ray
  • Chapultepec

Decorations

  • Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered GAFSA
  • Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered TUNISIA
  • Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered NORMANDY
  • Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered IRAQ-KUWAIT 1991
  • Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered AL ANBAR PROVINCE
  • Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2006-2007
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1966
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1966-1967
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1967-1968
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1968-1969
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2009-2010
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN 2012-2013
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA 2014-2015
  • Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 1992-1993
  • French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War I, Streamer embroidered LORRAINE-PICARDY
  • French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War I, Streamer embroidered AISNE-MARNE and MEUSE-ARGONNE
  • French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II, Streamer embroidered KASSERINE
  • French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II, Streamer embroidered NORMANDY
  • French Medaille Militaire, Fourragere
  • Belgian Fourragere 1940
  • Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action at Mons
  • Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action at Eupen-Malmedy
  • Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1965-1968
  • Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1965-1970
  • Company B additionally entitled to:
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA OCT 2014-MAR 2015

By Order of the Secretary of the Army:

CHARLES R. BOWERY, JR.
Chief of Military History

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