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326th Engineer Battalion (United States)

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326th Engineer Battalion (United States)
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The 326th Engineer Battalion (Sapper Eagles)[1][2] as one of three air assault engineer battalions in the United States Army.[2][3] The 326th is now the 101st Airborne Division's division-level engineer battalion and has been a part of the 101st since World War I.[2][4]

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Lineage

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The 326th Engineer Battalion's lineage of record:[2]

  • 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  • 326th Engineer Battalion withdrawn 15 August 1942 from the Organized Reserves and allotted to the Army of the United States; concurrently redesigned as the 326th Airborne Engineer Battalion and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
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Decorations

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The 326th Engineer Battalion's decorations of record:[2]

  • Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered NORMANDY
  • Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered BASTOGNE
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA 1990-1991
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2003-2004
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2007-2008
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), 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

Company A additional entitled to:

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

Company B additionally entitled to:

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

Company C additionally entitled to:

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