Constituted 15 July 1942 in the Army of the United States as the 844th Engineer Battalion

Activated 1 October 1942 at March Field, California, as the 844th Engineer Aviation Battalion

Inactivated 20 November 1945 in France

Allotted 28 September 1948 to the Organized Reserve Corps

Activated 30 September 1948 with Headquarters at Memphis, Tennessee

(Organized Reserve Corps redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)

Ordered into active military service 1 March 1952 at Memphis, Tennessee; released from active military service 25 September 1955 and reverted to reserve status

Location of Headquarters changed 23 January 1956 to Nashville, Tennessee

Redesignated 31 January 1957 as the 844th Engineer Battalion

Location of Headquarters changed 1 June 1959 to Memphis, Tennessee

Ordered into active military service 1 October 1961 at Memphis, Tennessee; released from active military service 4 August 1962 and reverted to reserve status

Location of Headquarters changed 15 January 1968 to Knoxville, Tennessee

Ordered into active military service 21 November 1990 at Knoxville, Tennessee; released from active military service 20 June 1991 and reverted to reserve status

Ordered into active military service 20 to 23 October 2004 at Knoxville, Tennessee; released from active military service 17 to 20 April 2006 and reverted to reserve status

(Organic elements inactivated 16 September 2008 at Knoxville, Tennessee; Support Company concurrently constituted and activated)

Ordered into active military service 16 April 2009 at Knoxville, Tennessee; released from active military service 20 May 2010 and reverted to reserve status

 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

                                                           World War II
                                                           European-African-Middle Eastern Theater,
                                                                 Streamer without inscription

                                                           Southwest Asia
                                                           Liberation and Defense of Kuwait
                                                           Cease-Fire

                                                           War on Terrorism
                                                           Campaigns to be determined

 

DECORATIONS

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2009-2010

 

BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY: