Lineage And Honors Information
Lineage and Honors Information as of 28 January 2015
864th Engineer Battalion
(PACEMAKERS)
- Constituted 14 December 1942 in the Army of the United States as the 864th Engineer Aviation Battalion
- Activated 1 January 1943 at Geiger Field, Washington
- Inactivated 30 June 1946 in Japan
- Allotted 18 February 1949 to the Organized Reserve Corps
- Activated 14 March 1949 at Morristown, New Jersey
- Inactivated 22 September 1949 at Morristown, New Jersey
- Activated 1 March 1951 at Tulsa, Oklahoma
- (Organized Reserve Corps redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)
- Inactivated 11 July 1952 at Tulsa, Oklahoma
- Withdrawn 8 July 1955 from the Army Reserve and allotted to the Regular Army
- Activated 25 September 1955 at Wolters Air Force Base, Texas
- Reorganized and redesignated 15 May 1956 as the 864th Engineer Battalion
- (Lettered companies inactivated 16 October 2008 at Fort Lewis, Washington; Support Company concurrently constituted and activated)
Campaign Participation Credit
- World War II
- New Guinea
- Bismarck Archipelago
- Luzon
- Vietnam
- Defense
- Counteroffensive
- Counteroffensive, Phase II
- Counteroffensive, Phase III
- Tet Counteroffensive
- Counteroffensive, Phase IV
- Counteroffensive, Phase V
- Counteroffensive, Phase VI
- Tet 69/Counteroffensive
- Summer-Fall 1969
- Winter-Spring 1970
- Sanctuary Counteroffensive
- Counteroffensive, Phase VII
- Southwest Asia
- Defense of Saudi Arabia
- Liberation and Defense of Kuwait
- Cease-Fire
- War on Terrorism
- Afghanistan:
- Consolidation II
- (Additional campaigns to be determined)
DECORATIONS
- Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered SOUTHERN AND EASTERN AFGHANISTAN
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1965-1967
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1967-1968
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA 1990-1991
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA 2003
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN 2005-2006
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN 2007-2008
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN 2010-2011
- Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 1944 TO 4 JULY 1945
- Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1970-1971
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
RICHARD W. STEWART, PH.D.
Center of Military History