88th BSB Lineage and Honors

Constituted 1 October 1933 in Regular Army as the 19th Engineer Battalion

Redesignated 1 July 1940 as the 88th Engineer Battalion

Activated 2 June 1941 at Camp Beauregard, Louisiana

Reorganized and redesignated 1 August 1942 as the 88th Engineer Heavy Ponton Battalion

Inactivated 23 November 1945 at Camp Bowie, Texas

Redesignated 9 December 1954 as the 88th Engineer Battalion

Activated 9 February 1955 at Fort Carson, Colorado

Inactivated 5 May 1956 at Fort Carson, Colorado

(Headquarters, Headquarters and Service Company redesignated 5 December February 10, 2010Battalion activated 24 December 1956 in France
(Companies A, B, and C disbanded 27 September 1960)

Inactivated 24 September 1962 in France

Activated 25 June 1965 at Granite City Army Depot, Illinois

Converted and redesignated 20 July 1966 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 88th Supply and Service Battalion

Inactivated 11 May 1972 at Travis Air Force Base, California

Redesignated 7 June 2006 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 88th Support Battalion
(Organic elements concurrently constituted)

88th Support Battalion activated 16 September 2007 at Fort Polk, Louisiana

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION

World War II

Normandy

Northern France

Rhineland

Ardennes-Alsace

Central Europe

Other Conflicts

Defense

Counteroffensive

Counteroffensive, Phase II

Counteroffensive, Pase 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

Consolidation I

Consolidation II

Cease-Fire

Modern Conflicts

Operation Enduring Freedom

Operation Iraqi Freedom

Decorations

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer Embroidered:

VIETNAM 1968 – 1969