Lineage and Honors Information as of 24 Feb 2021
39th Engineer Battalion
(Bull Strike)
- Constituted 15 July 1940 in the Regular Army as the 2d Battalion, 39th Engineers
- Activated 25 April 1942 at Camp Bowie, Texas
- Redesignated 1 August 1942 as the 2d Battalion, 39th Engineer Combat Regiment
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 March 1945 as the 643d Engineer Combat Battalion
- Inactivated 15 November 1946 at Fort Knox, Kentucky
- Redesignated 29 April 1947 as the 39th Engineer Combat Battalion
- Redesignated 23 November 1954 as the 39th Engineer Battalion
- Activated 17 January 1955 at Fort Riley, Kansas
- Inactivated 25 September 1956 at Fort Riley, Kansas
- Activated 17 June 1962 at Fort Campbell, Kentucky
- Inactivated 15 September 1992 at Fort Devens, Massachusetts
- Assigned 18 April 2015 to the 2d Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, and activated at Fort Campbell, Kentucky
Campaign Participation Credit
- World War II
- Sicily (with arrowhead)
- Naples-Foggia
- Anzio
- Rome-Arno
- North Apennines
- Po Valley
- Vietnam
- 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
- Consolidation I
- Consolidation II
Decorations
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered ITALY
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1966-1968
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1968-1970
- Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1970
- Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1970-1971
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
CHARLES R. BOWERY, JR.
Chief of Military History