Country United States Branch US Army Reserve Size Battalion | Allegiance United States Army Role Engineers | |
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Active 15 August 1942 – Present | ||
The 397th Engineer Battalion is a construction battalion of the United States Army based in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. Activated 18 May 1959 at Eau Claire, the battalion traces its lineage back to World War II. It is a United States Army Reserve formation and is subordinate to the 372nd Engineer Brigade out of Fort Snelling, MN.
Lineage
Constituted 5 May 1942 in the Army of the United States as the 2d Battalion, 353d Engineer Regiment
Activated 15 August 1942 at Camp White, Oregon, as the 2d Battalion, 353d Engineer General Service Regiment
Reorganized and redesignated 1 April 1944 as the 1393d Engineer Construction Battalion
Inactivated 28 February 1946 in Japan
Redesignated 6 February 1947 as the 397th Engineer Construction Battalion, and allotted to the Organized Reserves
Activated 19 February 1947 at Milwaukee, Wisconsin
(Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)
Inactivated 17 November 1950 at Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Redesignated 27 April 1959 as the 397th Engineer Battalion
Activated 18 May 1959 at Eau Claire, Wisconsin
Elements ordered into active military service in support of the War on Terror: