Lineage and Honors Information as of 25 August 2016
317th Engineer Battalion
- Constituted 24 October 1917 in the National Army as the 317th Engineer Regiment, an element of the 92d Division
- Organized 4 November 1917 at Camp Sherman, Ohio
- Demobilized 31 March 1919 at Camp Sherman, Ohio
- Reconstituted 5 May 1942 in the Army of the United States as the 317th Engineer Battalion, an element of the 92d Infantry Division
- Redesignated 1 August 1942 as the 317th Engineer Combat Battalion
- Activated 15 October 1942 at Fort McClellan, Alabama
- Inactivated 29 November 1945 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey
- Relieved 20 October 1950 from assignment to the 92d Infantry Division and allotted to the Regular Army
- Activated 1 November 1950 at Fort Campbell, Kentucky
- Redesignated 5 June 1953 as the 317th Engineer Battalion
- Assigned in 19 July 1992 to the 24th Infantry Division
- Relieved 15 February 1996 from assignment to the 24th Infantry Division and assigned to the 3d Infantry Division
- Inactivated 15 March 2004 at Fort Benning, Georgia, and relieved from assignment to the 3d Infantry Division
- Assigned 19 September 2015 to 3d Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, and activated at Fort Polk, Louisiana
Campaign Participation Credit
- World War I
- Lorraine 1918
- Meuse-Argonne
- World War II
- North Apennines
- Po Valley
- Southwest Asia
- Defense of Saudi Arabia
- Liberation and Defense of Kuwait
- Cease-Fire
- War on Terrorism
- Campaigns to be determined
Company B additionally entitled to:
Decorations
- Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2003
- Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 1994
- Italian Croce al Merito di Guerra, Streamer embroidered ITALY
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Company D additionally entitled to:
- Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered IRAQ-KUWAIT 1991
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
CHARLES R. BOWERY, JR.
Chief of Military History
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