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Lineage and Honors Information as of 20 December 2011

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122d ENGINEER BATTALION

 

Constituted 5 July 1946 and allotted to the South Carolina National Guard as the 122d Engineer Combat Battalion, an element of the 51st Infantry Division

Organized and Federally recognized 13 March 1947 from new and existing units in western South Carolina with Headquarters at Edgefield

Redesignated 1 February 1953 as the 122d Engineer Battalion

Relieved 1 April 1963 from assignment to the 51st Infantry Division

Ordered into active Federal service 10 February 2003 at home stations; released from active Federal service 9 February 2004 and reverted to state control

Reorganized 1 September 2008 to consist of the Headquarters Company and the Support Company (Companies A, B, and C concurrently reorganized and redesignated as the 1226th Engineer Detachment, the 1227th Engineer Detachment, and the 1221st Engineer Company, respectively—hereafter separate lineages)

HOME AREA: Western South Carolina

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

                                                War on Terrorism
                                                Campaigns to be determined

Headquarters Company (Edgefield), additionally entitled to:

                                                World War II
                                                Tunisia
                                                Sicily
                                                Naples-Foggia
                                                Rome-Arno
                                                North Apennines
                                                Po Valley

 

DECORATIONS

            Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered AL ANBAR PROVINCE 2003
           
Headquarters Company (Edgefield), additionally entitled to:

                        French Croix de Guerre with Silver-Gilt Star, World War II, Streamer embroidered CASSINO

 

BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY: 

 

 

ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Center of Military History


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