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Casualty Info
Home Town Carlsbad
Last Address Carlsbad
Casualty Date Dec 12, 1968
Cause KIA-Killed in Action
Reason Gun, Small Arms Fire
Location Binh Dinh (Vietnam)
Conflict Vietnam War
Location of Interment Riverview Cemetery - Streator, Illinois
Constituted 1 October 1933 in the Regular Army as the 36th Engineers
Activated 1 June 1941 at Plattsburg Barracks, New York
Redesignated 1 August 1942 as the 36th Engineer Combat Regiment
Regiment broken up 15 February 1945 and its elements reorganized and redesignated as follows:
3d Battalion as the 2828th Engineer Combat Battalion
(Headquarters and Headquarters and Service Company as Headquarters Company, 36th Engineer Combat Group; 1st Battalion as the 2826th Engineer Combat Battalion; 2d Battalion as the 2827th Engineer Combat Battalion--hereafter separate lineages)
2828th Engineer Combat Battalion inactivated 16 June 1946 in Germany
Redesignated 29 April 1947 as the 19th Engineer Combat Battalion
Activated 9 July 1952 at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland
Redesignated 19 June 1953 as the 19th Engineer Battalion
Inactivated 15 December 1970 at Fort Lewis, Washington
Activated 21 December 1975 at Fort Knox, Kentucky
Inactivated 15 September 1997 at Fort Knox, Kentucky
Activated 16 October 2005 at Fort Knox, Kentucky
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
World War II Southwest Asia
Algeria-French Morocco Liberation and Defense of Kuwait
(with arrowhead) Cease-Fire
Tunisia
Sicily (with arrowhead) War on Terrorism
Naples-Foggia (with arrowhead) Iraq:
Anzio (with arrowhead) National Resolution
Rome-Arno Iraqi Surge
Southern France (with arrowhead)
Rhineland (Additional campaigns to be
Ardennes-Alsace determined)
Central Europe
Vietnam
Defense
Counteroffensive
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
Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered BINH DINH AND QUANG NGAI
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2006-2007
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN 2009-2010
Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1970
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
