Lineage and Honors Information as of 12 April 2013
841st ENGINEER BATTALION
- Constituted 15 July 1942 in the Army of the United States as the 841st Engineer Battalion, Aviation
- Redesignated 1 August 1942 as the 841st Engineer Aviation Battalion
- Activated 1 September 1942 at Hunter Field, Georgia
- Inactivated 21 December 1945 at Camp Stoneman, California
- Allotted 12 August 1948 to the Organized Reserve Corps
- Activated 14 September 1948 with Headquarters at Miami, Florida
- Ordered into active military service 1 June 1951 at Miami, Florida
- (Organized Reserve Corps redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)
- Released from active military service 25 September 1955 and reverted to reserve status
- Redesignated 31 January 1957 as the 841st Engineer Battalion
- Ordered into active military service 15 March 2003 at Miami, Florida; released from active military service 13 March 2004 and reverted to reserve status
- Elements ordered into active military service 22 May and 19 July 2007 at Miami, Florida; released from active military service 24 June and 21 August 2008 and reverted to reserve status
- (Organic elements inactivated 16 September 2008 at home stations; Support Company concurrently constituted and activated)
- Ordered into active military service 2 February 2012 at Miami, Florida; released from active military service 7 March 2013 and reverted to reserve status
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
- World War II
- Bismarck Archipelago
- New Guinea
- Luzon
- Korean War
- Korea, Summer-Fall 1952
- Third Korean Winter
- Korea, Summer 1953
- War on Terrorism
- Campaigns to be determined
DECORATIONS
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered PACIFIC THEATER
- Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 1944 TO 4 JULY 1945
- Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 1952-1953
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Center of Military History
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