Lineage And Honors Information
Lineage and Honors Information as of 9 October 2015
54th Engineer Battalion
- Constituted 7 December 1917 in the National Army as the 42d Engineer Battalion
- Organized 7 February 1918 at the American University, Washington, D.C.
- Headquarters disbanded 18 October 1918; Companies A, B, C, and D concurrently reorganized and redesignated as the 42d, 43d, 44th, and 45th Companies, 20th Engineers
- 42d, 43d, 44th, and 45th Companies, 20th Engineers, demobilized June-July 1918 at Camp Merritt, New Jersey, and Newport News, Virginia
- 42d Engineer Battalion reconstituted 1 October 1933 in the Regular Army as the 42d Engineers
- Activated 1 June 1940 at Fort Benning, Georgia
- Redesignated 1 July 1940 as the 20th Engineers
- Redesignated 1 August 1942 as the 20th Engineer Combat Regiment
- 2d Battalion reorganized and redesignated 15 January 1944 as the 1340th Engineer Combat Battalion (remainder of regiment--hereafter separate lineage)
- Inactivated 2 January 1946 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey
- Redesignated 29 April 1947 as the 8th Engineer Combat Battalion
- Activated 15 September 1948 in Germany
- Redesignated 1 December 1948 as the 54th Engineer Combat Battalion
- Redesignated 5 June 1953 as the 54th Engineer Battalion
- Inactivated 15 January 1994 in Germany
- Activated 16 February 1997 in Germany
- (Lettered companies inactivated 16 August 2007 in Germany; Support Company concurrently constituted and activated)
- Battalion inactivated 15 August 2014 in Germany
- Assigned 16 September 2015 to the 173d Airborne Brigade and activated at Vicenza, Italy (lettered companies concurrently activated)
Campaign Participation Credit
- World War I
- Streamer without inscription
- World War II
- Algeria-French Morocco (with arrowhead)
- Tunisia
- Sicily (with arrowhead)
- Normandy (with arrowhead)
- Northern France
- Rhineland
- Ardennes-Alsace
- Central Europe
- Southwest Asia
- Liberation and Defense of Kuwait
- Cease-Fire
- War on Terrorism
- Iraq:
- Iraqi Surge
- Iraqi Sovereignty
- (Additional campaigns to be determined)
Decorations
- Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2003
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2008-2009
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN 2010-2011
- Navy Unit Commendation, Streamer embroidered ANBAR PROVINCE 2006-2007
- Company B additionally entitled to:
- Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered IRAQ-KUWAIT 1991
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
RICHARD W. STEWART
Chief of Military History