Lineage And Honors Information
Lineage and Honors Information as of 12 September 2013
216th ENGINEER BATTALION
- Constituted 24 March 1942 in the Army of the United States as Headquarters, 14th Ordnance Battalion
- Activated 7 May 1942 at Fort Jackson, South Carolina
- Inactivated 31 December 1945 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey
- Redesignated 14 August 1946 as Headquarters, 38th Ordnance Battalion, and allotted to the Ohio National Guard
- Organized and Federally recognized 23 November 1948 at Cincinnati
- Ordered into active Federal service 19 August 1950 at Cincinnati
- (Headquarters, 38th Ordnance Battalion [NGUS], organized and Federally recognized 9 October 1952 at Cincinnati)
- Released from active Federal service 3 December 1954 and reverted to state control; Federal recognition concurrently withdrawn from Headquarters, 38th Ordnance Battalion (NGUS)
- Converted, reorganized, and redesignated 1 September 1959 as Headquarters, 216th Engineer Battalion (organic elements concurrently organized from existing units in southern Ohio)
- Location of Headquarters changed 1 April 1963 to Portsmouth; on 1 October 1996 to Hamilton
- Ordered into active Federal service 18 December 2003 at home stations; released from active Federal service 16 April 2005 and reverted to state control
- Location of Headquarters changed 1 January 2006 to Woodlawn
- Reorganized 1 September 2007 to consist of the Headquarters Company and the Support Company (former Companies A, B, and C reorganized as the 1194th Engineer Company, the 1191st Engineer Company, and the 1192d Engineer Company – hereafter separate lineages)
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
- World War II
- Normandy
- Northern France
- Rhineland
- Ardennes-Alsace
- Central Europe
- War on Terrorism
- Iraq:
- Transition of Iraq
- Iraqi Governance
Headquarters Company (Woodlawn) additionally entitled to:
- World War I
- Ypres-Lys
- Meuse-Argonne
- Lorraine 1918
- World War II
- Air Offensive, Japan
- Guadalcanal
- Northern Solomons
Support Company (Woodlawn) additionally entitled to:
- World War I
- Lorraine 1918
- World War II
- New Guinea
- War on Terrorism
- Global War on Terrorism
DECORATIONS
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered EUROPEAN THEATER
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA 2004
- Support Company (Woodlawn) additionally entitled to:
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2004
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Center of Military History