2nd Engineer Battalion (United States)
Encyclopedia
The 2nd Engineer Battalion is an engineering
battalion
in the United States Army
which can trace its lineage back to 1861.
Expanded 14 March-7 June 1901 to form the 1st and 2d Battalions of Engineers (1st Battalion of Engineers—hereafter separate lineage)
2d Battalion of Engineers expanded, reorganized, and redesignated 1 July-1 August 1916 as the 2d Regiment of Engineers
2d Regiment of Engineers expanded 21 May-20 June 1917 to form the 2d, 4th, and 5th Regiments of Engineers (4th and 5th Regiments of Engineers—hereafter separate lineages)
2d Regiment of Engineers redesignated 29 August 1917 as the 2d Engineers
Assigned in September 1917 to the 2d Division (later redesignated as the 2d Infantry Division)
1st Battalion, 2d Engineers, reorganized and redesignated 16 October 1939 as the 2d Engineer Battalion (remainder of regiment disbanded)
Redesignated 1 August 1942 as the 2d Engineer Combat Battalion
Redesignated 1 March 1954 as the 2d Engineer Battalion
Inactivated 15 June 2005 in Korea
Headquarters and Headquarters Company activated 16 October 2008 at White Sands Missile Range
, New Mexico (Support Company concurrently constituted and activated)
Philippine Insurrection: Streamer without inscription
Mexican Expedition: Mexico 1916–1917
World War I: Aisne; Aisne-Marne; St. Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne; Lorraine 1918; Ile de France 1918
World War II: Normandy; Northern France; Rhineland; Ardennes-Alsace; Central Europe
Korean War: UN Defensive; UN Offensive; CCF Intervention; First UN Counteroffensive; CCF Spring Offensive; UN Summer-Fall Offensive; Second Korean Winter; Korea, Summer-Fall 1952; Third Korean Winter; Korea, Summer 1953
United States Army Corps of Engineers
The United States Army Corps of Engineers is a federal agency and a major Army command made up of some 38,000 civilian and military personnel, making it the world's largest public engineering, design and construction management agency...
battalion
Battalion
A battalion is a military unit of around 300–1,200 soldiers usually consisting of between two and seven companies and typically commanded by either a Lieutenant Colonel or a Colonel...
in the United States Army
United States Army
The United States Army is the main branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for land-based military operations. It is the largest and oldest established branch of the U.S. military, and is one of seven U.S. uniformed services...
which can trace its lineage back to 1861.
Lineage
Organized 31 December 1861 in the Regular Army at Washington, D.C., from new and existing companies of engineers as a provisional engineer battalion (constituted 28 July 1866 as the Battalion of Engineers)Expanded 14 March-7 June 1901 to form the 1st and 2d Battalions of Engineers (1st Battalion of Engineers—hereafter separate lineage)
2d Battalion of Engineers expanded, reorganized, and redesignated 1 July-1 August 1916 as the 2d Regiment of Engineers
2d Regiment of Engineers expanded 21 May-20 June 1917 to form the 2d, 4th, and 5th Regiments of Engineers (4th and 5th Regiments of Engineers—hereafter separate lineages)
2d Regiment of Engineers redesignated 29 August 1917 as the 2d Engineers
Assigned in September 1917 to the 2d Division (later redesignated as the 2d Infantry Division)
1st Battalion, 2d Engineers, reorganized and redesignated 16 October 1939 as the 2d Engineer Battalion (remainder of regiment disbanded)
Redesignated 1 August 1942 as the 2d Engineer Combat Battalion
Redesignated 1 March 1954 as the 2d Engineer Battalion
Inactivated 15 June 2005 in Korea
Headquarters and Headquarters Company activated 16 October 2008 at White Sands Missile Range
White Sands Missile Range
White Sands Missile Range is a rocket range of almost in parts of five counties in southern New Mexico. The largest military installation in the United States, WSMR includes the and the WSMR Otera Mesa bombing range...
, New Mexico (Support Company concurrently constituted and activated)
Campaign participation credit
Civil War: Peninsula; Antietam; Fredericksburg; Chancellorsville; Wilderness; Spotsylvania; Cold Harbor; Petersburg; Appomattox; Virginia 1863Philippine Insurrection: Streamer without inscription
Mexican Expedition: Mexico 1916–1917
World War I: Aisne; Aisne-Marne; St. Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne; Lorraine 1918; Ile de France 1918
World War II: Normandy; Northern France; Rhineland; Ardennes-Alsace; Central Europe
Korean War: UN Defensive; UN Offensive; CCF Intervention; First UN Counteroffensive; CCF Spring Offensive; UN Summer-Fall Offensive; Second Korean Winter; Korea, Summer-Fall 1952; Third Korean Winter; Korea, Summer 1953
Decorations
- Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered WIRTZFELD-BULLINGEN
- Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered HONGCHON
- French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War I, Streamer embroidered AISNE-MARNE
- French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War I, Streamer embroidered MEUSE-ARGONNE
- French Croix de Guerre, World War I, Fourragere
- Belgian Fourragere 1940
- Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in the Ardennes
- Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action at Elsenborn Crest
- Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered NAKTONG RIVER LINE
- Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 1950–1953