Lineage and Honors Information as of 19 Oct 2020
326th Engineer Battalion
(Sapper Eagles)
- Constituted 23 July 1918 in the National Army as the 326th Engineers and assigned to the 101st Division
- (101st Division only partially organized October-November 1918; demobilized 11 December 1918; reconstituted 24 June 1921)
- Reconstituted 24 June 1921 in the Organized Reserves as the 326th Engineers and assigned to the 101st Division
- Organized in November 1921 at Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- Regiment broken up 31 March 1942 and its elements reorganized and redesignated as follows:
- Regiment (less the 2d Battalion) as the 326th Engineer Battalion and remained assigned to the 101st Division (later redesignated as the 101st Airborne Division)
- (2d Battalion as the 890th Engineer Battalion, Aviation; disbanded 11 February 1943)
- 326th Engineer Battalion withdrawn 15 August 1942 from the Organized Reserves and allotted to the Army of the United States; concurrently redesignated as the 326th Airborne Engineer Battalion and activated at Camp Claiborne, Louisiana
- Inactivated 30 November 1945 in France
- Consolidated 18 June 1948 with the 49th Engineer Combat Battalion (see ANNEX) and consolidated unit redesignated as the 49th Airborne Engineer Battalion, an element of the 101st Airborne Division
- Allotted 25 June 1948 to the Regular Army
- Activated 6 July 1948 at Camp Breckinridge, Kentucky
- Inactivated 29 April 1949 at Camp Breckinridge, Kentucky
- Activated 25 August 1950 at Camp Breckinridge, Kentucky
- Inactivated 1 December 1953 at Camp Breckinridge, Kentucky
- Activated 15 May 1954 at Fort Jackson, South Carolina
- Redesignated 1 July 1956 as the 326th Airborne Engineer Battalion
- Redesignated 25 April 1957 as the 326th Engineer Battalion
- Inactivated 15 September 2004 at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, and relieved from assignment to the 101st Airborne Division
- Headquarters and Headquarters Company activated 19 October 2006 at Fort Campbell, Kentucky (Support Company concurrently constituted and activated)
- Assigned 17 April 2014 to the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Support Company concurrently inactivated and lettered companies activated)
- ANNEX
- Constituted 5 May 1942 in the Army of the United States as the 49th Engineers
- Activated 25 August 1942 at Camp Carson, Colorado
- Regiment broken up 1 April 1943 and its elements reorganized and redesignated as follows:
- 1st Battalion as the 49th Engineer Combat Battalion
- (Headquarters and Headquarters and Service Company as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1110th Engineer Combat Group; 2d Battalion as the 37th Engineer Combat Battalion; Band as the 4th Army Ground Forces Band -- hereafter separate lineages)
- 49th Engineer Combat Battalion inactivated 27 November 1945 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey
Campaign Participation Credit
- World War II
- Normandy (with arrowhead)
- Northern France
- Rhineland (with arrowhead)
- Ardennes-Alsace
- Central Europe
- Vietnam
- 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
- Southwest Asia
- Defense of Saudi Arabia
- Liberation and Defense of Kuwait
- War on Terrorism
- Campaigns to be determined
Decorations
- Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered NORMANDY
- Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered BASTOGNE
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA 1990-1991
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2003-2004
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2007-2008
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA 2011
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA 2018-2019
- Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 2001
- French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II, Streamer embroidered NORMANDY
- Netherlands Orange Lanyard
- Belgian Croix de Guerre 1940 with Palm, Streamer embroidered BASTOGNE; Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action at Bastogne
- Belgian Fourragere 1940
- Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in France and Belgium
- Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1968-1969
- Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1971
- Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1968-1970
- Company A additionally entitled to:
- Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered DAK TO
- Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered TUY HOA
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1966
- Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1966-1967
- Company B additionally entitled to:
- Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered THUA THIEN PROVINCE
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1968
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN OCT 2014-APR 2015
- Company C additionally entitled to:
- Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1968
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
CHARLES R. BOWERY, JR.
Chief of Military History