Lineage and Honors

DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
Lineage and Honors

206th ENGINEER BATTALION
Constituted 14 September 1985 in the Kentucky Army National Guard as the 206th Engineer Battalion and assigned to the 35th Infantry Division

Organized 1 November 1985 from new and existing units with Headquarters at Richmond

HOME AREA: Eastern Kentucky

Campaign Participation Credit

Company B (Carlisle) entitled to:

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

Company C (Jackson) entitled to:

World War II - AP
New Guinea
Leyte
Luzon

Decorations

Company B (Carlisle) entitled to:

French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II, Streamer embroidered NORMANDY Belgian Fourragere 1940

Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action at Mons

Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action at Eupen-Malmedy Company C (Jackson) entitled to:
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered LUZON

Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 1944 TO 4 JULY 1945

Flag

Shoulder sleeve insignia (Patch)

Distinctive Unit Insignia (Crest)