4th Engineer Battalion (United States)

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4th Engineer Battalion

4th Engineer Battalion DUI
Active 1861-1921
?-1946
1948-present
Country United States
Branch U.S. Army
Motto Volens Et Potens (Willing and Able)
Battles/wars World War I
World War II
Decorations Presidential Unit Citation

The 4th Engineer Battalion is a unit of the United States Army.

Motto: "Volens Et Potens" (Willing and Able) Symbolism: Scarlet and white are the colors of the Corps of Engineers. The wavy fess alludes to the outstanding feat accomplished by the organization in World War I, in which the regiment bridged the Vesle under heavy fire, making possible the forcing of the passage by the Division. The yellow canton, representative of the color of the Engineers' facing when the old companies of the regiment were organized in 1861, refers to the 2d Engineers, from which the 4th Engineers was organized in 1916. The device on the canton was the badge of the Engineers and Pontoniers of the Civil War. The distinctive unit insignia was originally approved for the 4th Regiment Engineers on 18 February 1927. It was redesignated for the 4th Engineer Battalion on December 5, 1940.

[edit] History

Organized 31 December 1861 in the Regular Army at Washington, District of Columbia, from new and existing companies of engineers as a provisional engineer battalion (constituted 28 July 1866 as the Battalion of Engineers). The battalion was then expanded 14 March-7 June 1901 to form the 1st and 2d Battalions of Engineers. The 2d Battalion of Engineers was further expanded, reorganized and redesignated during July 1916 as the 2d Regiment of Engineers. The unit was expanded yet again during May and June 1917 to form the 2d, 4th, and 5th Regiments of Engineers. The 4th Regiment of Engineers was redesignated as the 4th Engineers in August of 1917 and was thereafter assigned to the 4th Division in January of 1918. After occupation service the unit was inactivated in 1921 at Camp Lewis, Washington. Between 1927 and 1933 the unit was reassigned to support the 6th Division and six years later it was (Company A activated 24 July 1922 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina) redesignated 4th Engineer Battalion activated (less Company A) 1 June 1940 at Fort Benning, Georgia. Reorganizations and redesignations led first as the 4th Engineer Motorized Battalion (September 1942) then the 4th Engineer Combat Battalion (August 1943). Soon after WW2 ended the unit was inactivated 19 February 1946 at Camp Butner, North Carolina. This did not last long however with reactivation on 6 July 1948 at Fort Ord, California and subsequent redesignation as the 4th Engineer Battalion in June 1953.


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4th Engineer Battalion

Lineage and Honors Information as of 6 December 2006

4th Engineer Battalion Lineage

Organized 31 December 1861 in the Regular Army at Washington, District of Columbia, from new and existing companies of engineers as a provisional engineer battalion (constituted 28 July 1866 as the Battalion of Engineers)

Expanded 14 March-7 June 1901 to form the 1st and 2d Battalions of Engineers (1st Battalion of Engineers--hereafter separate lineage)

2d Battalion of Engineers expanded, reorganized, and redesignated 1 July-1 August 1916 as the 2d Regiment of Engineers

2d Regiment of Engineers expanded 21 May-20 June 1917 to form the 2d, 4th, and 5th Regiments of Engineers (2d and 5th Regiments of Engineers--hereafter separate lineages)

4th Regiment of Engineers redesignated 29 August 1917 as the 4th Engineers

Assigned 1 January 1918 to the 4th Division

Inactivated 21 September 1921 at Camp Lewis, Washington

(Company A activated 24 July 1922 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina)

Relieved 15 August 1927 from assignment to the 4th Division and assigned to the 6th Division

(Company A inactivated 30 September 1929)

Relieved 1 October 1933 from assignment to the 6th Division and assigned to the 4th Division (later redesignated as the 4th Infantry Division) (Company A concurrently activated at Fort Benning, Georgia)

Redesignated 19 October 1939 as the 4th Engineer Battalion

Activated (less Company A) 1 June 1940 at Fort Benning, Georgia

Reorganized and redesignated 19 September 1942 as the 4th Engineer Motorized Battalion

Reorganized and redesignated 1 August 1943 as the 4th Engineer Combat Battalion

Inactivated 19 February 1946 at Camp Butner, North Carolina

Activated 6 July 1948 at Fort Ord, California

Redesignated 5 June 1953 as the 4th Engineer Battalion

Inactivated 15 December 2004 at Fort Carson, Colorado, and relieved from assignment to the 4th Infantry Division

Headquarters and Headquarters Company activated 18 October 2006 at Fort Carson, Colorado (Support Company concurrently constituted and activated)

4th Engineer Battalion Honors

Campaign Participation Credit

Civil War: Peninsula; Antietam; Fredericksburg; Chancellorsville; Wilderness; Spotsylvania; Cold Harbor; Petersburg; Appomattox; Virginia 1863

War with Spain: Santiago

Philippine Insurrection: Streamer without inscription

World War I: Aisne-Marne; St. Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne; Champagne 1918; Lorraine 1918

World War II: Normandy (with arrowhead); Northern France; Rhineland; Ardennes-Alsace; Central Europe

Vietnam: Counteroffensive, Phase II; 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

Decorations

Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for HURTGEN FOREST

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for VIETNAM 1967-1968

Belgian Fourragere 1940

Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in BELGIUM

Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in the ARDENNES

Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm for VIETNAM 1966-1969

Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm for VIETNAM 1969-1970

Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class for VIETNAM 1966-1969

Company A additionally entitled to:

Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for PLEIKU PROVINCE

Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for DAK TO DISTRICT

Company C additionally entitled to:

Valorous Unit Award for QUANG NGAI PROVINCE

Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm for VIETNAM 1966-1967


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