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10th Engineer Battalion (United States)

April 17, 2024

The 10th Engineer Battalion is a unit of the United States Army that deploys to designated contingency areas and conducts combat and/or stability operations in support of a brigade combat team. It is a divisional mechanized combat engineer unit, composed of four line companies and a headquarters company. As of 17 January 2015, the battalion exists as the 10th Brigade Engineer Battalion (10th BEB) at Fort Stewart, GA under the 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division.

10th Engineer Battalion
10th Engineer Battalion coat of arms
Active1866–2004
2015—Present
Country United States
BranchUS Army Corps of Engineers
TypeBrigade Engineer Battalion (BEB)
Garrison/HQFort Stewart, GA
Nickname(s)We Bridged the Sky
Motto(s)"Laboramus Sustinere"
(Latin: We Work to Assist)

Unit insignia edit

History edit

Lineage edit

Organized 31 December 1861 in the Regular Army at Washington, D.C., from new and existing companies of engineers as a provisional engineer battalion (constituted 28 July 1866 as the Battalion of Engineers)

  • Expanded 14 March – 7 June 1901 to form the 1st and 2nd Battalions of Engineers (2nd Battalion of Engineers—hereafter separate lineage)
  • 1st Battalion of Engineers expanded, reorganized, and redesignated 1 July 1916 as the 1st Regiment of Engineers
  • 1st Regiment of Engineers expanded 15 May 1917 to form the 1st, 6th, and the 7th Regiments of Engineers (1st and 7th Regiments—hereafter separate lineages)
  • 6th Regiment of Engineers redesignated 29 August 1917 as the 6th Engineers
  • Assigned 1 October 1917 to the 3rd Division
  • Regiment broken up 12 October 1939 and its elements reorganized and redesignated as follows:
    • 2nd Battalion as the 10th Engineer Battalion, an element of the 3rd Division (later redesignated as the 3rd Infantry Division);
    • Headquarters and Headquarters and Service Company disbanded; and
    • 1st Battalion as the 6th Engineer Battalion—hereafter separate lineage
  • 10th Engineer Battalion redesignated 1 August 1942 as the 10th Engineer Combat Battalion
  • Redesignated 1 March 1954 as the 10th Engineer Battalion
  • Assigned 15 February 1996 to the 3rd Infantry Division
  • Inactivated 15 March 2004 at Fort Stewart, Georgia, and relieved from assignment to the 3rd Infantry Division
  • Assigned 17 January 2015 to the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, and activated at Fort Stewart, Georgia

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Honors edit

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Campaign participation credit edit

Decorations edit

Fallen Soldiers (known) edit

WORLD WAR II[3]

CPT Stanley E. Larson

Sgt. Albert J. Warner

Sgt. Glenn W. Scott

Pfc. Dorvall J. Walter

Pfc. Donald J. Towslee

2Lt. William A. Thomas

T/5. Jack H. Taylor

Pfc. Rex F. Stokes

Cpl. Fred C. Standish

Sgt. Israel E. Selph

Pvt. Gustave Ruiz

Pvt. Ralph W. Quinnan

Pfc. Willy Pederssen

Pvt. Walter F. Massey

Pfc. Grant H. Martin

1Lt. Joseph N. Marcantonio

Pfc. Lawrence E. Le Duc

Pvt. George B. King

Pvt. Cullie B. Johnson

Pvt. Thomas J. Houlihan

Pvt. John M. Hodge

Sgt. James R. Graybeal

1Lt. Vernon H. Evans

Pvt. Robert A. Engle

Pfc. Robert H. Dobbins

Pfc. Edward J. De Stefano

Pvt. Leonard F. Cwynar

Pvt. Cyril J. Chevalier

Pvt. Richard Carlson

Sgt. Wyatt D. Bassett

Pvt. Ted Barabas

Sgt. Donald H. Tosh

Pfc. Rafael Ordonez

T/5. Albert J. Klein

Sgt. Kenneth A. Stoner

1Lt. Leroy F. Sasse

Cpl. Grover G. Shepherd

T/5. Leon J. Weems

T/5. Thomas J. Redmond

S/Sgt. James M Renfro

2Lt. Earl H. Ostmeyer

Pfc. Harold C. Krueger

2Lt. Leo W. French Jr. (C Co) 1944 (KIA) Anzio

KOREA[4]

PV2 John A. Aimer (D Co), 29 Nov 1950 (KIA)

SFC Ellis L. Aldridge (HSC), 4 Oct 1951 (KIA)

PFC Herbert Armbruster (D Co), 29 Nov 1950 (KIA)

PFC Claude E. Bachtell (C Co), 23 Mar 1951 (DOW)

PFC Walter J. Ball (B Co), 21 Nov 1950 (KIA)

PV2 Bernard A. Beemon, 28 Nov 1950 (KIA)

CPL Arthur L. Belt, 28 Nov 1950 (KIA)

MSG Leonard J. Best (D Co), 29 Nov 1950 (MIA)

SGT Donald Bombardier (D Co), 28 Nov 1950 (KIA)

CPL Charles E. Burba (D Co), 28 Nov 1950 (KIA)

1LT Robert W. Carney (C Co), 25 Feb 1951 (KIA)

PV2 Sammie L. Clifton (D Co), 26 Mar 1951 (DOW)

PFC Josue, Cortes-Boisjoli (C Co), 5 Jun 1951 (KIA)

CPL Thomas R. Davison (D Co), 31 Dec 1951 (DD)

1LT Max L. DeRossett (HSC), 4 Oct 1951 (KIA)

PV2 Charles Drengberg, 29 Nov 1950 (DOW)

CPL James D. Eroddy, 12 Sep 1952 (KIA)

PFC Robert W. Faris (A Co), 29 Nov 1950 (KIA)

SGT Noe Franco, 10 May 1953 (KIA)

PFC John S. Grover (D Co), 24 Mar 1951 (DOW)

PV2 Salvador M. Guzman, 13 Jun 1953 (KIA)

PFC James E. Hartley Jr. (D Co), 28 Nov 1950 (KIA)

CPL Sonnie L. Holmes (HSC), 4 Nov 1951 (KIA)

PV2 Daniel B. Jewell, 28 Nov 1950 (KIA)

PFC Daniel R. Lambert (HSC), 4 Oct 1951 (KIA)

SGT Homer M. McDaniel (D Co), 28 Nov 1950 (MIA)

CPL Harry T. McGonigle (B Co), 21 Nov 1950 (KIA)

CPL Larry O. Merrill (D Co), 28 Nov 1950 (DD)

CPL Norman B. Miller Jr., 29 Nov 1950 (KIA)

CPL Sylvian A. Moyers, 24 Apr 1951 (DOW)

SFC Henry C. Nunnery (D Co), 28 Nov 1950 (KIA)

PV2 Raymond R. O'Connor, 13 Jun 1953 (KIA)

CPL Thomas F. Palmer (D Co), 29 Nov 1950 (KIA)

PV2 Jerry B. Powers (D Co), 28 Nov 1950 (KIA)

CPL James A. Prater (C Co), 16 Mar 1951 (KIA)

PV2 Roy Ray Jr., 27 Apr 1953 (KIA)

SFC Oliver P. Riels (A Co), 2 Dec 1950 (DD)

PFC Donnie F. Roby (D Co), 28 Nov 1950 (KIA)

PV2 Robert F. Ruder, 13 Jun 1953 (KIA)

CPL William M. Scalf (HSC), 4 Nov 1951 (KIA)

1LT Carl J. Schiltz (C Co), 24 Nov 1950 (KIA)

CPL Glenn A. Schreiner (A Co), 1 Dec 1951 (KIA)

PV2 Ben T. Smith Jr. (D Co), 29 Nov 1950 (KIA)

CPL Charles L. Somers (B Co), 21 Nov 1950 (DD)

PFC Earnest A. Taylor (B Co), 21 Nov 1950 (MIA)

SFC Raymond R. Thornton (D Co), 28 Nov 1950 (DD)

MSG James M. Traylor, 18 Dec 1950 (MIA)

PV2 Charles C. Van Elsberg (B Co), 21 Nov 1950 (KIA)

CPL Nick Vezakis Jr. (B Co), 16 Oct 1951 (KIA)

2LT Thomas D. Wood, 15 Jun 1953 (KIA)

PV2 Steve A. Zagurskie (D Co), 23 Apr 1951 (KIA)

PFC Salvatore J. Zucca, 25 Jul 1953 (DOW)

Commanders edit

LTC John P. Kuspa, 1985–1987

LTC Jerry Samples, 1987–1991

LTC Geoffrey Van Epps, 2015

LTC Jason M. Whitten, 2015–2017

LTC Scott F. Swilley, 2017–2019

LTC Sean A. Wittmeier, 2019–2021

LTC Alexander D. Samms, 2021-2023

LTC Brian C. Walker, 2023-Present

See also edit

References and notes edit

  This article incorporates public domain material from 10th Engineer Battalion Lineage and Honors. United States Army Center of Military History.

  1. ^ (CMH), U.S. Army Center of Military History. "10th Engineer Battalion | Lineage and Honors | U.S. Army Center of Military History (CMH)". history.army.mil. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
  2. ^ (CMH), U.S. Army Center of Military History. "10th Engineer Battalion | Lineage and Honors | U.S. Army Center of Military History (CMH)". history.army.mil. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
  3. ^ "10th Engineer Combat Battalion, 3rd Infantry Division | American Battle Monuments Commission". www.abmc.gov. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
  4. ^ "Please Wait..." aad.archives.gov. Retrieved 10 May 2018.

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Stewart GANickname s We Bridged the SkyMotto s Laboramus Sustinere Latin We Work to Assist Contents 1 Unit insignia 2 History 3 Lineage 4 Honors 4 1 Campaign participation credit 4 2 Decorations 5 Fallen Soldiers known 6 Commanders 7 See also 8 References and notes 9 External linksUnit insignia editThis section is empty You can help by adding to it June 2020 History editThis section is empty You can help by adding to it June 2020 Lineage editOrganized 31 December 1861 in the Regular Army at Washington D C from new and existing companies of engineers as a provisional engineer battalion constituted 28 July 1866 as the Battalion of Engineers Expanded 14 March 7 June 1901 to form the 1st and 2nd Battalions of Engineers 2nd Battalion of Engineers hereafter separate lineage 1st Battalion of Engineers expanded reorganized and redesignated 1 July 1916 as the 1st Regiment of Engineers 1st Regiment of Engineers expanded 15 May 1917 to form the 1st 6th and the 7th Regiments of Engineers 1st and 7th Regiments hereafter separate lineages 6th Regiment of Engineers redesignated 29 August 1917 as the 6th Engineers Assigned 1 October 1917 to the 3rd Division Regiment broken up 12 October 1939 and its elements reorganized and redesignated as follows 2nd Battalion as the 10th Engineer Battalion an element of the 3rd Division later redesignated as the 3rd Infantry Division Headquarters and Headquarters and Service Company disbanded and 1st Battalion as the 6th Engineer Battalion hereafter separate lineage 10th Engineer Battalion redesignated 1 August 1942 as the 10th Engineer Combat Battalion Redesignated 1 March 1954 as the 10th Engineer Battalion Assigned 15 February 1996 to the 3rd Infantry Division Inactivated 15 March 2004 at Fort Stewart Georgia and relieved from assignment to the 3rd Infantry Division Assigned 17 January 2015 to the 1st Brigade Combat Team 3rd Infantry Division and activated at Fort Stewart Georgia 1 Honors edit 2 Campaign participation credit edit Civil War 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5 Thomas J RedmondS Sgt James M Renfro2Lt Earl H OstmeyerPfc Harold C Krueger2Lt Leo W French Jr C Co 1944 KIA AnzioKOREA 4 PV2 John A Aimer D Co 29 Nov 1950 KIA SFC Ellis L Aldridge HSC 4 Oct 1951 KIA PFC Herbert Armbruster D Co 29 Nov 1950 KIA PFC Claude E Bachtell C Co 23 Mar 1951 DOW PFC Walter J Ball B Co 21 Nov 1950 KIA PV2 Bernard A Beemon 28 Nov 1950 KIA CPL Arthur L Belt 28 Nov 1950 KIA MSG Leonard J Best D Co 29 Nov 1950 MIA SGT Donald Bombardier D Co 28 Nov 1950 KIA CPL Charles E Burba D Co 28 Nov 1950 KIA 1LT Robert W Carney C Co 25 Feb 1951 KIA PV2 Sammie L Clifton D Co 26 Mar 1951 DOW PFC Josue Cortes Boisjoli C Co 5 Jun 1951 KIA CPL Thomas R Davison D Co 31 Dec 1951 DD 1LT Max L DeRossett HSC 4 Oct 1951 KIA PV2 Charles Drengberg 29 Nov 1950 DOW CPL James D Eroddy 12 Sep 1952 KIA PFC Robert W Faris A Co 29 Nov 1950 KIA SGT Noe Franco 10 May 1953 KIA PFC John S Grover D Co 24 Mar 1951 DOW PV2 Salvador M Guzman 13 Jun 1953 KIA PFC James E Hartley Jr D Co 28 Nov 1950 KIA CPL Sonnie L Holmes HSC 4 Nov 1951 KIA PV2 Daniel B Jewell 28 Nov 1950 KIA PFC Daniel R Lambert HSC 4 Oct 1951 KIA SGT Homer M McDaniel D Co 28 Nov 1950 MIA CPL Harry T McGonigle B Co 21 Nov 1950 KIA CPL Larry O Merrill D Co 28 Nov 1950 DD CPL Norman B Miller Jr 29 Nov 1950 KIA CPL Sylvian A Moyers 24 Apr 1951 DOW SFC Henry C Nunnery D Co 28 Nov 1950 KIA PV2 Raymond R O Connor 13 Jun 1953 KIA CPL Thomas F Palmer D Co 29 Nov 1950 KIA PV2 Jerry B Powers D Co 28 Nov 1950 KIA CPL James A Prater C Co 16 Mar 1951 KIA PV2 Roy Ray Jr 27 Apr 1953 KIA SFC Oliver P Riels A Co 2 Dec 1950 DD PFC Donnie F Roby D Co 28 Nov 1950 KIA PV2 Robert F Ruder 13 Jun 1953 KIA CPL William M Scalf HSC 4 Nov 1951 KIA 1LT Carl J Schiltz C Co 24 Nov 1950 KIA CPL Glenn A Schreiner A Co 1 Dec 1951 KIA PV2 Ben T Smith Jr D Co 29 Nov 1950 KIA CPL Charles L Somers B Co 21 Nov 1950 DD PFC Earnest A Taylor B Co 21 Nov 1950 MIA SFC Raymond R Thornton D Co 28 Nov 1950 DD MSG James M Traylor 18 Dec 1950 MIA PV2 Charles C Van Elsberg B Co 21 Nov 1950 KIA CPL Nick Vezakis Jr B Co 16 Oct 1951 KIA 2LT Thomas D Wood 15 Jun 1953 KIA PV2 Steve A Zagurskie D Co 23 Apr 1951 KIA PFC Salvatore J Zucca 25 Jul 1953 DOW Commanders editLTC John P Kuspa 1985 1987LTC Jerry Samples 1987 1991LTC Geoffrey Van Epps 2015LTC Jason M Whitten 2015 2017LTC Scott F Swilley 2017 2019LTC Sean A Wittmeier 2019 2021LTC Alexander D Samms 2021 2023LTC Brian C Walker 2023 PresentSee also editMilitary engineering of the United States Combat engineer Military engineeringReferences and notes edit nbsp This article incorporates public domain material from 10th Engineer Battalion Lineage and Honors United States Army Center of Military History CMH U S Army Center of Military History 10th Engineer Battalion Lineage and Honors U S Army Center of Military History CMH history army mil Retrieved 10 May 2018 CMH U S Army Center of Military History 10th Engineer Battalion Lineage and Honors U S Army Center of Military History CMH history army mil 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