Lineage and Honors Information as of 19 September 2017
854th Engineer Battalion
- Constituted 14 December 1942 in the Army of the United States as the 854th Engineer Aviation Battalion
- Activated 1 January 1943 at March Field, California
- Inactivated 15 March 1946 on Okinawa
- Allotted 15 February 1949 to the Organized Reserve Corps
- Activated 4 March 1949 with Headquarters at New York, New York
- (Location of Headquarters changed 7 March 1951 to Poughkeepsie, New York)
- (Organized Reserve Corps redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)
- Redesignated 1 January 1957 as the 854th Engineer Battalion
- (Location of Headquarters changed 10 September 1959 to Kingston, New York; on 31 May 1984 to Newburgh, New York; on 16 September 1991 to New Windsor, New York; in 1996 to Kingston, New York)
- Ordered into active military service 7 December 2003 at home stations; released from active military service 3 June 2005 and reverted to reserve status
- (Lettered companies inactivated 16 September 2008 at home stations; Support Company concurrently constituted and activated)
- Battalion location changed 1 July 2011 to Saugerties, New York
- Ordered into active military service 3 February 2017 at Saugerties, New York
Campaign Participation Credit
- World War II
- Eastern Mandates
- Western Pacific
- Ryukyus
- War on Terrorism
- Campaigns to be determined
Decorations
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
CHARLES R. BOWERY, JR.
Chief of Military History