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