326th Engineer Battalion (United States)

Lineage

• Constituted 23 July 1918 in the National Army as the 326th Engineers and assigned to the 101st Division
• Reconstituted 24 June 1921 in the Organized Reserves as the 326th Engineers and assigned to the 101st Division
• Organized in November 1921 at Milwaukee, Wisconsin
• Regiment broken up 31 March 1942 and its elements reorganized as the 326th Engineer Battalion and remained assigned to the 101st Division
• 326th Engineer Battalion withdrawn 15 August 1942 from the Organized Reserves and allotted to the Army of the United States; concurrently redesigned as the 326th Airborne Engineer Battalion and activated at Camp Claiborne, Louisiana
• Inactivated 30 November 1945 in France
• Consolidated 18 June 1948 with the 49th Engineer Combat Battalion and consolidated unit redesigned as the 49th Airborne Engineer Battalion, an element of the 101st Airborne Division
• Allotted 25 June 1948 to the Regular Army
• Activated 6 July 1948 at Camp Breckinridge, Kentucky
• Inactivated 29 April 1949 at Camp Breckinridge, Kentucky
• Activated 25 August 1950 at Camp Breckinridge, Kentucky
• Inactivated 1 December 1953 at Camp Breckinridge, Kentucky
• Activated 15 May 1954 at Fort Jackson, South Carolina
• Redesignated 1 July 1956 as the 326th Airborne Engineer Battalion
• Redesignated 25 April 1957 as the 326th Engineer Battalion
• Inactivated 15 September 2004 at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, and relieved from assignment to the 101st Airborne Division Headquarters and Headquarters Company activated 19 October 2006 at Fort Campbell, Kentucky
• Assigned 17 April 2014 to the 1st Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division

  Decorations

• Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered NORMANDY
• Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered BASTOGNE
• Meritorious Unit Commendation, Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA 1990-1991
• Meritorious Unit Commendation, Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2003-2004
• Meritorious Unit Commendation, Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2007-2008
• Meritorious Unit Commendation, Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA 2011
• Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 2001
• French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II, Streamer embroidered NORMANDY
• Netherlands Orange Lanyard
• Belgian Croix de Guerre 1940 with Palm, Streamer embroidered BASTOGNE; Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action at Bastogne
• Belgian Fourragere 1940
• Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in France and Belgium
• Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1968-1969
• Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1971
• Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1968-1970

• Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered DAK TO
• Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered TUY HOA
• Meritorious Unit Commendation, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1966
• Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1966-1967

• Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered THUA THIEN PROVINCE
• Meritorious Unit Commendation, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1968

• Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1968