Lineage and Honors Information as of 11�Dec�2009
1203d ENGINEER BATTALION
Constituted 15 October 1955 in the Alabama Army National Guard as the 258th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion
Organized 31 October – 28 November 1956 from new and existing units in southeastern Alabama with Headquarters at Dothan
Reorganized and redesignated 2 May 1959 as the 3d Automatic Weapons Battalion, 203d Artillery
Ordered into active Federal service 11 June 1963 at home stations; released from active Federal service 16 June 1963 and reverted to state control
Ordered into active Federal service 10 September 1963 at home stations; released from active Federal service 12 September 1963 and reverted to state control
Redesignated 15 January 1968 as the 3d Battalion, 203d Artillery
Converted and redesignated 1 December 1969 as the 1203d Engineer Battalion
Battalion broken up 1 December 1978 and its elements reorganized and redesignated as follows:
Headquarters and Headquarters Company as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1203d Engineer Battalion
(Companies A and B as the 1204th and 1205th Engineer Companies, respectively – hereafter separate lineages)
Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1203d Engineer Battalion, ordered into active Federal service 7 June 2007 at Dothan; released from active Federal service 10 July 2008 and reverted to state control
Reorganized and redesignated 1 September 2008 as the 1203d Engineer Battalion (concurrently, 1204th Engineer Company reorganized and redesignated as the Support Company, 1203d Engineer Battalion)
HOME STATION: Southeastern Alabama
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
Headquarters Company (Dothan) entitled to:
World War I
Streamer without inscription
World War II
Rhineland
Ardennes-Alsace
Central Europe
War on Terrorism
Campaigns to be determined
DECORATIONS
None
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
JEFFREY J. CLARKE
Chief of Military History