326 EN Lineage and Honors
Lineage and Honors Information as of 19 Oct 2020 (source: https://history.army.mil/html/forcestruc/lineages/branches/eng/0326enbn.htm)
326th Engineer Battalion
(Sapper Eagles)
• Constituted 23 July 1918 in the National Army as the 326th Engineers and assigned to the 101st Division
• (101st Division only partially organized October-November 1918; demobilized 11 December 1918; reconstituted 24 June 1921)
• 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 and redesignated as follows:
• Regiment (less the 2d Battalion) as the 326th Engineer Battalion and remained assigned to the 101st Division (later redesignated as the 101st Airborne Division)
• (2d Battalion as the 890th Engineer Battalion, Aviation; disbanded 11 February 1943)
• 326th Engineer Battalion withdrawn 15 August 1942 from the Organized Reserves and allotted to the Army of the United States; concurrently redesignated as the 326th Airborne Engineer Battalion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 (see ANNEX) and consolidated unit redesignated 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 (Support Company concurrently constituted and activated)
• Assigned 17 April 2014 to the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Support Company concurrently inactivated and lettered companies activated)
• ANNEX
• Constituted 5 May 1942 in the Army of the United States as the 49th Engineers
• Activated 25 August 1942 at Camp Carson, Colorado
• Regiment broken up 1 April 1943 and its elements reorganized and redesignated as follows:
• 1st Battalion as the 49th Engineer Combat Battalion
• (Headquarters and Headquarters and Service Company as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1110th Engineer Combat Group; 2d Battalion as the 37th Engineer Combat Battalion; Band as the 4th Army Ground Forces Band -- hereafter separate lineages)
• 49th Engineer Combat Battalion inactivated 27 November 1945 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey
Campaign Participation Credit
• World War II
• Normandy (with arrowhead)
• Northern France
• Rhineland (with arrowhead)
• Ardennes-Alsace
• Central Europe
• Vietnam
• Counteroffensive, Phase III
• Tet Counteroffensive
• Counteroffensive, Phase IV
• Counteroffensive, Phase V
• Counteroffensive, Phase VI
• Tet 69/Counteroffensive
• Summer-Fall 1969
• Winter-Spring 1970
• Sanctuary Counteroffensive
• Counteroffensive, Phase VII
• Consolidation I
• Consolidation II
• Southwest Asia
• Defense of Saudi Arabia
• Liberation and Defense of Kuwait
• War on Terrorism
• Campaigns to be determined
Decorations
• 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
• Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA 2018-2019
• 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 additionally 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
• Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN OCT 2014-APR 2015
• Company C additionally entitled to:
• Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1968
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
CHARLES R. BOWERY, JR.
Chief of Military History
326th Engineer Battalion
(Sapper Eagles)
• Constituted 23 July 1918 in the National Army as the 326th Engineers and assigned to the 101st Division
• (101st Division only partially organized October-November 1918; demobilized 11 December 1918; reconstituted 24 June 1921)
• 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 and redesignated as follows:
• Regiment (less the 2d Battalion) as the 326th Engineer Battalion and remained assigned to the 101st Division (later redesignated as the 101st Airborne Division)
• (2d Battalion as the 890th Engineer Battalion, Aviation; disbanded 11 February 1943)
• 326th Engineer Battalion withdrawn 15 August 1942 from the Organized Reserves and allotted to the Army of the United States; concurrently redesignated 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 (see ANNEX) and consolidated unit redesignated 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 (Support Company concurrently constituted and activated)
• Assigned 17 April 2014 to the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Support Company concurrently inactivated and lettered companies activated)
• ANNEX
• Constituted 5 May 1942 in the Army of the United States as the 49th Engineers
• Activated 25 August 1942 at Camp Carson, Colorado
• Regiment broken up 1 April 1943 and its elements reorganized and redesignated as follows:
• 1st Battalion as the 49th Engineer Combat Battalion
• (Headquarters and Headquarters and Service Company as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1110th Engineer Combat Group; 2d Battalion as the 37th Engineer Combat Battalion; Band as the 4th Army Ground Forces Band -- hereafter separate lineages)
• 49th Engineer Combat Battalion inactivated 27 November 1945 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey
Campaign Participation Credit
• World War II
• Normandy (with arrowhead)
• Northern France
• Rhineland (with arrowhead)
• Ardennes-Alsace
• Central Europe
• Vietnam
• Counteroffensive, Phase III
• Tet Counteroffensive
• Counteroffensive, Phase IV
• Counteroffensive, Phase V
• Counteroffensive, Phase VI
• Tet 69/Counteroffensive
• Summer-Fall 1969
• Winter-Spring 1970
• Sanctuary Counteroffensive
• Counteroffensive, Phase VII
• Consolidation I
• Consolidation II
• Southwest Asia
• Defense of Saudi Arabia
• Liberation and Defense of Kuwait
• War on Terrorism
• Campaigns to be determined
Decorations
• 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
• Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA 2018-2019
• 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 additionally 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
• Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN OCT 2014-APR 2015
• Company C additionally entitled to:
• Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1968
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
CHARLES R. BOWERY, JR.
Chief of Military History