Lineage And Honors Information
Lineage and Honors Information as of 25 April 2015
479th Engineer Battalion
- Constituted 22 February 1944 in the Army of the United States as the 1285th Engineer Combat Battalion
- Activated 3 April 1944 at Camp Howze, Texas
- Inactivated 29 January 1946 at Camp Bowie, Texas
- Redesignated 15 April 1947 as the 1285th Engineer Construction Battalion and allotted to the Organized Reserves
- Activated 1 May 1947 at Buffalo, New York
- (Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)
- Redesignated 16 June 1948 as the 479th Engineer Construction Battalion
- Inactivated 6 July 1950 at Buffalo, New York
- Redesignated 22 April 1959 as the 479th Engineer Battalion
- Activated 1 May 1959 with Headquarters at Watertown, New York
- Ordered into active military service 15 March 2003 at Watertown, New York; released from active military service 13 March 2004 and reverted to reserve status
- (Lettered companies inactivated 16 June 2007 at home stations; Support Company concurrently constituted and activated)
- Ordered into active military service 8 July 2007 at Watertown, New York; released from active military service 10 August 2008 and reverted to reserve status
- Location changed 30 September 2010 to Fort Drum, New York
- Elements ordered into active military service 4 March 2013 at Fort Drum, New York; released from active military service 7 April 2014 and reverted to reserve status
Campaign Participation Credit
- World War II
- Central Europe
- War on Terrorism
- Campaigns to be determined
Decorations
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2007-2008
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
RICHARD W. STEWART, Ph.D.
Chief of Military History