Lineage And Honors Information
Lineage and Honors Information as of 16 September 2014
16th ENGINEER BATTALION
(CATAMOUNTS)
- Constituted 11 December 1935 in the Regular Army as the 16th Engineer Regiment
- Redesignated 15 July 1940 as the 16th Engineer Battalion; concurrently assigned to the 1st Armored Division and activated at Fort Knox, Kentucky
- Redesignated 1 January 1942 as the 16th Armored Engineer Battalion
- (Companies D and E disbanded 20 July 1944 in Italy)
- Remainder of battalion inactivated 10-13 April 1946 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey
- (Company D reconstituted 27 February 1951)
- 16th Armored Engineer Battalion activated 7 March 1951 at Fort Hood, Texas
- Redesignated 15 February 1957 as the 16th Engineer Battalion
- Inactivated (less Company A) 23 December 1957 at Fort Polk, Louisiana
- Activated (less Company A [active]) 3 February 1962 at Fort Hood, Texas
- Relieved 16 June 1991 from assignment to the 1st Armored Division and assigned to the 3d Infantry Division
- Relieved 16 November 1993 from assignment to the 3d Infantry Division
- Assigned 16 February 1997 to the 1st Armored Division
- Inactivated 17 July 2007 at Fort Hood, Texas, and relieved from assignment to the 1st Armored Division
- Assigned 16 November 2013 to the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, and activated at Fort Bliss, Texas
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
- World War II
- Tunisia
- Naples-Foggia
- Anzio (with arrowhead)
- Rome-Arno
- North Apennines
- Po Valley
- Southwest Asia
- Defense of Saudi Arabia
- Liberation and Defense of Kuwait
- Cease-Fire
- War on Terrorism
- Campaigns to be determined
Company B additionally entitled to:
- World War II
- Algeria-French Morocco (with arrowhead)
DECORATIONS
- Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2004
- Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered IRAQ-KUWAIT 1991
- Navy Unit Commendation, Streamer embroidered ANBAR PROVINCE 2006-2007
- Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 1995-1996
- Company A additionally entitled to:
- Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered MT. PORCHIA
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ JAN-MAR 2004
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Center of Military History