Parent unit constituted 1 October 1933 in the Regular Army
as the 36th Engineers

Activated 1 June 1941 at Plattsburg Barracks, New York

Re-designated 1 August 1942 as the 36th Engineer Combat
Regiment

Regiment broken up 15 February 1945 and its elements
reorganized and re-designated as follows:

1st Battalion as the 2826th Engineer Combat Battalion
(Headquarters and Headquarters and Service Company as
Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 36th Engineer Combat
Group; 2d Battalion as the 2827th Engineer Combat Battalion;
3d Battalion as the 2828th Engineer Combat Battalion--
hereafter separate lineages)

2826th Engineer Combat Battalion inactivated 19 December
1945 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey

Redesignated 29 April 1947 as the 36th Engineer Combat
Battalion

Redesignated 12 February 1953 as the 36th Engineer Battalion
and activated at Trieste

Inactivated 7 August 1953 at Trieste

Activated 1 July 1966 at Fort Irwin, California

Inactivated 30 April 1972 in Vietnam


CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

World War II
Algeria-French Morocco
(with arrowhead)
Tunisia A
Sicily (with arrowhead)
Naples-Foggia (with arrowhead)
Anzia (with arrowhead)
Rome -Arno
Southern France (with arrowhead)
Rhine land
Ardennes -Al sace
Central Europe

36th Engineer Battalion


Vietnam
Counteroffensive, Phase III
Tet Counteroffensive
Counteroffensive1 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
Cease - Fire


DECORATIONS

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered
VIETNAM 1967-1968

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered
VIETNAM 1968-1969

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered
VIETNAM 1971

Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class,
Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1967-1968

Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class,
Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1968-1970

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