16th Engineer Battalion (United States) - Lineage

Lineage

• Constituted 11 December 1935 in the Regular Army as the 16th Engineer Regiment
• Redesignated 15 July 1940 as the 16th Engineer Battalion; concurrently assigned to the 1st Armored Division and activated at Fort Knox, Kentucky
• Redesignated 1 January 1942 as the 16th Armored Engineer Battalion
• Unit deployed from the New York Port of Embarkation on 11 May 1942
• Unit arrived in Northern Ireland on 18 May 1942.
• Unit arrived in North Africa on 21 December 1942. It immediately participated in the Tunisia Campaign.
• The Tunisia Campaign concluded on 13 May 1943.
• Unit arrived in Sicily on 10 July 1943, and participated in Operation Husky.
• The Sicily Campaign concluded on 17 August 1943.
• Unit arrived in Italy on 10 November 1943, and participated in the Naples-Foggia Campaign.
• The Naples-Foggia Campaign concluded on 21 January 1944.
• The Battalion took part in the Anzio Campaign from 22 January 1944.
• The Anzio Campaign concluded on 24 May 1944.
• The battalion participated in the Rome-Arno Campaign from 22 January 1944.
• (Companies D and E disbanded 20 July 1944 in Italy)
• The Rome-Arno Campaign concluded on 9 September 1944.
• The battalion participated in the North Apennines Campaign from 10 September 1944.
• The North Apennines Campaign concluded on 4 April 1945.
• The battalion participated in the Po Valley Campaign from 5 April 1945.
• The Po Valley Campaign concluded on 8 May 1945
• The battalion was located at Salzburg, Austria on 14 August 1945.
• Battalion arrived back in CONUS at the New York Port of Embarkation 10–13 April 1946.
• Remainder of battalion inactivated 10–13 April 1946 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey
• Company D reconstituted 27 February 1951.
• 16th Armored Engineer Battalion activated 7 March 1951 at Fort Hood, Texas
• Redesignated 15 February 1957 as the 16th Engineer Battalion
• Inactivated (less Company A) 23 December 1957 at Fort Polk, Louisiana

Furth Germany till 1993

• Activated (less Company A (active) 3 February 1962 at Fort Hood, Texas
• Relieved 16 June 1991 from assignment to the 1st Armored Division and assigned to the 3d Infantry Division
• Relieved 16 November 1993 from assignment to the 3d Infantry Division
• Assigned 16 February 1997 to the 1st Armored Division