Lineage and Honors Information as of 11 September 2019

1092d Engineer Battalion

  • Constituted 19 December 1942 in the Army of the United States as the 1st Battalion, 82d Engineer Combat Regiment
  • Activated 25 January 1943 at Camp Swift, Texas
  • Reorganized and redesignated 15 March 1943 as the 82d Engineer Combat Battalion
  • Inactivated 21 November 1945 at Camp Myles Standish, Massachusetts
  • Redesignated 10 July 1946 as the 1092d Engineer Combat Battalion and allotted to the West Virginia National Guard
  • Organized and Federally recognized 16 September 1947 with Headquarters at Parkersburg
  • Ordered into active Federal service 19 August 1950 at home stations
  • (1092d Engineer Combat Battalion [NGUS] organized and Federally recognized 26 August 1952 with Headquarters at Parkersburg; redesignated 1 March 1953 as the 1092d Engineer Battalion [NGUS])
  • Reorganized and redesignated 15 March 1954 as the 1092d Engineer Battalion
  • Released from active Federal service 18 March 1955 and reverted to state control; Federal recognition concurrently withdrawn from the 1092d Engineer Battalion (NGUS)
  • Ordered into active Federal service 3 February 2003 at home stations; released 7 June 2004 from active Federal service and reverted to state control
  • Reorganized 1 September 2006 to consist of Headquarters and Headquarters Company and the Support Company (former Companies A, B, and C, as the 821st Engineer Company, the 601st Engineer Company, the 115th Engineer Company, and the 193d Engineer Detachment - hereafter separate lineages)
  • Ordered into active Federal service 18 February 2010 at home stations; released from active Federal service 25 March 2011 and reverted to state control

HOME AREA: Western West Virginia

Campaign Participation Credit

  • World War II
  • Normandy
  • Northern France
  • Rhineland
  • Central Europe
  • Korean War
  • First UN Counteroffensive
  • CCF Spring Offensive
  • UN Summer-Fall Offensive
  • Second Korean Winter
  • Korea, Summer-Fall 1952
  • Third Korean Winter
  • Korea, Summer 1953
  • War on Terrorism
  • Campaigns to be determined

Decorations

  • Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered ELBE RIVER
  • Presidential Unit Citation (Navy), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2003
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered KOREA 1952-1953
  • French Croix de Guerre with Silver-Gilt Star, World War II, Streamer embroidered VIRE
  • Belgian Fourragere 1940
  • Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in Belgium
  • Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action along the Meuse River
  • Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 1951-1952

By Order of the Secretary of the Army:

CHARLES R. BOWERY, JR.
Chief of Military History


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