Lineage and Honors Information as of 26 March 2018
983d Engineer Battalion
- Constituted 4 January 1944 in the Army of the United States as the 1260th Engineer Combat Battalion
- Activated 10 February 1944 at Camp Pickett, Virginia
- Inactivated 4 April 1946 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey
- Allotted 29 January 1947 to the Organized Reserves
- Activated 24 February 1947 with Headquarters at Toledo, Ohio
- (Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)
- Redesignated 1 June 1948 as the 463d Engineer Combat Battalion
- Reorganized and redesignated 20 July 1953 as the 463d Engineer Battalion
- Reorganized and redesignated 29 December 1965 as the 983d Engineer Battalion
- Location changed 9 September 1996 to Monclova, Ohio
- Ordered into active military service 26-27 October 2004 at Monclova, Ohio; released from active military service 23-24 April 2006 and reverted to reserve status
- (Organic elements inactivated 15 June 2007 at home stations; Support Company concurrently constituted and activated)
- Ordered into active military service 16 March 2018 at Monclova, Ohio
Campaign Participation Credit
- World War II
- Rhineland
- Ardennes-Alsace
- Central Europe
- War on Terrorism
- Iraq:
- Iraqi Governance
Decorations
None
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
CHARLES R. BOWERY, JR.
Chief of Military History