44th Engineer Battalion
Lineage and Honors Information as of 1 April 1997
44th Engineer Battalion Lineage
Constituted 15 August 1917 in the National Army as the 47th Engineer Railway Maintenance-of-Way Battalion
Organized 31 March 1918 at Camp Sheridan, Alabama
Converted and redesignated 7 September 1918 as the 47th Regiment, Transportation Corps
Regiment broken up 12 November 1918 and its elements reorganized and redesignated as follows:
Headquarters and Headquarters Company disbanded
Companies A, B, and C as the 41st, 42d, and 43d Companies, Transportation
Corps, respectively
41st, 42d, and 43d Companies, Transportation Corps, demobilized 19-20 June 1919 at Camp Dix, New Jersey
Former 47th Regiment, Transportation Corps, and the 41st, 42d, and 43d Companies, Transportation Corps, reconstituted 10 September 1936 in the Regular Army; concurrently, consolidated with the 47th Engineer Battalion (constituted 1 October 1933 in the Regular Army) and consolidated unit designated as the 47th Engineer Battalion
Redesignated 13 January 1941 as the 47th Engineer Regiment
Activated 1 August 1941 at Fort Ord, California
Redesignated 1 August 1942 as the 47th Engineer General Service Regiment
Regiment broken up 26 April 1944 and its elements reorganized and redesignated as follows:
2d Battalion as the 1397th Engineer Construction Battalion
(Headquarters and Headquarters and Service Company as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1176th Engineer Construction Group; 1st Battalion as the 47th Engineer Construction Battalion--hereafter separate lineages)
1397th Engineer Construction Battalion inactivated 20 February 1946 on Okinawa
Redesignated 29 April 1947 as the 44th Engineer Construction Battalion
Activated 31 December 1948 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina
Redesignated 1 April 1954 as the 44th Engineer Battalion
Assigned 17 February 1992 to the 2d Infantry Division
44th Engineer Battalion Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
World War I: Streamer without inscription
World War II: Central Pacific; Western Pacific; Ryukyus
Korean War: UN Offensive; 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
Decorations
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for PACIFIC THEATER
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for KOREA 1950-1951
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for KOREA 1953
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for KOREA 1953-1954
Army Superior Unit Award for 1987
Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation for INCHON-HUNGNAM
Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation for KOREA 1951-1952
Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation for KOREA 1952-1953