27th Engineer Battalion (United States) - Lineage

Lineage

• Organized 16 January 1918 in the National Army at Fort Myer, Virginia, as the 2d Battalion, 37th Engineer Regiment
• Demobilized in March 1919 at Camp Upton, New York
• Reconstituted 1 October 1933 in the Regular Army as the 2d Battalion, 37th Engineers
• Activated 14 July 1941 at Camp Bowie, Texas, and assigned to VIII Corps.
• Moved 20 May 1942 to Camp Edwards, Massachusetts under the Chief of Engineers.
• Redesignated 1 August 1942 as the 2d Battalion, 37th Engineer Combat Regiment
• Transferred to Marysville, California less personnel and equipment on 16 September 1942, and assigned to VII Corps.
• Arrived at Camp Beale, California on 15 October 1942, assigned to II Armored Corps.
• Reorganized and redesignated on 15 March 1943 as follows:

1. HHC became1106trh Engineer Combat Group, thence separate lineage.
2. 1st Battalion became 37th Engineer Combat Battalion, thence separate Lineage.
3. 2nd Battalion became as the 209th Engineer Combat Battalion.

• Unit Deployed from the New York Port of Embarkation on 8 September 1943.
• Unit arrived in India on 12 October 1943, where it immediately participated in the India-Burma Campaign.
• The India-Burma Campaign concluded on 28 January 1943
• Unit participated in Central Burma Campaign from 29 January 1945
• Central Burma Campaign concluded on 15 July 1945
• Unit at Ledo in India on 14 August 1945, except for Company A, which was at Myitkyina Burma.
• Unit moved to Burma on 3 November 1945
• Inactivated 27 November 1945 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey
• Redesignated 29 April 1947 as the 27th Engineer Combat Battalion
• Activated 18 September 1950 at Fort Lewis, Washington
• Inactivated 26 October 1950 at Fort Lewis, Washington
• Activated 1 March 1951 at Fort Campbell, Kentucky
• Redesignated 8 June 1953 as the 27th Engineer Battalion
• Arrived in Vietnam at Bien Hoa on 1 October 1966.
• Located at Xuan Loc on 15 November 1966 with the 79th Engineer Group.
• Came under the jurisdiction of the 34th Engineer Group on 20 April 1967.
• on 12 April 1968, the unit was transferred to the 45th Engineer Group at Gia Le, and Camp Eagle in support of the 101st Airborne Division.
• Unit returned to CONUS on 31 January 1972, and assigned to Fort Campbell