Lineage and Honors Information as of 4 October 2018
980th Engineer Battalion
- Constituted 24 March 1942 in the Regular Army as the 2d Battalion, 334th Engineers
- Activated 20 May 1942 at Camp Claiborne, Louisiana
- Redesignated 20 July 1946 as the 2d Battalion, 334th Engineer Special Service Regiment
- Inactivated 27 August 1946 in Belgium
- Redesignated 14 October 1948 as the 980th Engineer Construction Battalion; concurrently withdrawn from allotment to the Regular Army and allotted to the Organized Reserve Corps
- Activated 3 January 1949 with Headquarters at Austin, Texas
- (Organized Reserve Corps redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)
- Redesignated 31 August 1953 as the 980th Engineer Battalion
- (Location of Headquarters changed 1 April 1959 to Wichita Falls, Texas)
- Ordered into active military service 15 October 1961 at home stations; released from active military service 9 August 1962 and reverted to reserve status
- (Location of Headquarters changed 15 October 1990 to Austin, Texas)
- 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)
- Ordered into active military service 1 November 2011 at Austin, Texas; released from active military service 4 December 2012 and reverted to reserve status
Campaign Participation Credit
- World War II
- Rhineland
- Central Europe
- War on Terrorism
- Campaigns to be determined
Decorations
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA 2004-2005
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN 2011-2012
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
CHARLES R. BOWERY, JR.
Chief of Military History