Lineage And Honors Information
Lineage and Honors Information as of 23 July 2012
169th ENGINEER BATTALION
- Constituted 25 February 1943 in the Army of the United States as the 169th Engineer Combat Battalion
- Activated 25 June 1943 at Camp Beale, California
- Disbanded 1 May 1944 at Camp Ellis, Illinois
- Reconstituted 3 August 1944 in the Army of the United States as the 169th Engineer Combat Battalion
- Activated 16 September 1944 in Italy
- Inactivated 18 February 1946 at Fort Jackson, South Carolina
- Redesignated 17 May 1947 as the 373d Engineer Construction Battalion and allotted to the Organized Reserves
- Activated 11 June 1947 at Fargo, North Dakota
- (Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)
- Inactivated 15 November 1950 at Fargo, North Dakota
- Redesignated 25 June 1952 as the 169th Engineer Construction Battalion
- Redesignated 29 September 1954 as the 169th Engineer Battalion, withdrawn from the Army Reserve, and allotted to the Regular Army
- Activated 15 November 1954 at Camp Stewart, Georgia
- Inactivated 30 April 1972 at Oakland Army Base, California
- Headquarters transferred 30 September 1986 to the United States Army Training and Doctrine Command and activated at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
- World War II
- 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
- Cease-Fire
DECORATIONS
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1966-1967
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1967
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered 1967-1968
- Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1967-1970
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Center of Military History