Lineage and Honors Information as of 22 March 2021

961st Engineer Battalion

  • Constituted 15 July 1942 in the Army of the United States as the 2d Battalion, 922d Engineer Regiment, Aviation
  • Activated 1 August 1942 at Geiger Field, Washington, as the 2d Battalion, 922d Engineer Aviation Regiment
  • Redesignated 1 March 1943 as the 1881st Engineer Aviation Battalion
  • Inactivated 15 June 1946 in the Philippines
  • Redesignated 25 June 1948 as the 961st Engineer Construction Battalion and allotted to the Organized Reserve Corps
  • Activated 14 July 1948 with Headquarters at Milwaukee, Wisconsin
  • (Organized Reserve Corps redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)
  • Reorganized and redesignated 1 February 1954 as the 961st Engineer Battalion
  • Elements ordered into active military service 9 January 2006 at Milwaukee, Wisconsin; released from active military service 29 April 2007 and reverted to reserve status
  • (Organic elements inactivated 16 September 2008 at Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Support Company concurrently constituted and activated)
  • Location changed 15 September 2009 to Seagoville, Texas
  • Ordered into active military service 21 November 2018 at Seagoville, Texas; released from active military service 20 November 2019 and reverted to reserve status

Campaign Participation Credit

  • World War II
  • New Guinea (with arrowhead)
  • Leyte
  • Luzon

Decorations

  • Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered LEYTE
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered PHILIPPINE ISLANDS
  • Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 1944 TO 4 JULY 1945

By Order of the Secretary of the Army:

CHARLES R. BOWERY, JR.
Chief of Military History


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