299th Engineer Battalion

299th
Engineer
Battalion

Viet Nam Veterans Association
23 October 1965 - 17 November 1971

"Remember the hard times we went through in Asia,
we were stressed out to the max and felt the sentence of death upon us.
But, that was good, for we learned not to trust in ourselves,
but in the God, who can even raise the dead."
II Cor 1:8-9

299th REUNION 2005
15-18 Sept 2005
Kokomo Viet Nam Veterans Reunion
campsite TBA
Kokomo, Indiana

The 299th Engineer Battalion (Combat) provided combat engineer support and was equipped to perform forward area construction, obstacle preparation, demolition work, and fighting as infantry. It provided all non-divisional engineer support in its area and served as a local construction agency for all projects, especially base development and construction; upgrading land lines of communication; and construction and rehabilitation of roads, dry gap and float bridges and airfields.

Units Attached to the 299th Engineer Battalion
22 October 1965 - 17 November 1971
Unit
Previous
Location
Arrived RVN
Attached to 299
DEROS
Authorized
Strength
Typical
Location
35 LCT
 ? ?
1967 (Op Marshall)
 ? ? ?
542 Det (PD)
 ? ? ? ? ? ?
614 Det (PD)
 ? ?
late 1970
 ? ? ?
15 EC (LE)
1st tour
Ft Campbell KY
24 July 1967
permanently
29 Aug 1971
186
Plei Ku
513 EC (DT)
Ft Wood MO
11 June 1965
- 1971
16 Jan 1972
113
Qui Nhon
538 EC (LC)
RVN
26 Dec 1968
 ??
26 Dec 1971
132
Nhon Co
553 EC (FB)
Ft Campbell KY
2 Sep 1965
Sep 65 - 71
29 Jan 1972
225
Phu Hiep
585 EC (DT)
Ft Belvoir VA
15 Sep 1966
- 1971
29 Jan 1972
113
Plei Ku
610 EC (CS)
Ft Irwin CA
31 Aug 1967
(Sep 71)?
20 Mar 72
164
APO96297
630 EC (LE)
Ft Bliss TX
23 Oct 1965
- 1971
28 Aug 1971
186
Plei Ku
643 EC ()
C/70 Bn
Ft Campbell KY
22 Aug 1965
OPCON
17 Nov 1967
21 Nov 1969
 ?
Bailey Bridge
@512-3

A Brief History of the 299th Engineer Battalion (Combat)
Unit History of the Famous 299th Engineer Combat Battalion,
(c1989), LTC Cortez C. Aylor III
1 March 1943 Activated at Camp White, Oregon
6 April 1944
?		 Sailed from New York aboard the SS Exchequer
arriving at Cardiff Wales on 16 April 1944
6 June 1944
?
?
?		 0633 hrs D-Day
Eight Assault Teams land at Omaha Beach
(Easy Red, Fox Green and Fox Red)
B Company landed on Utah Beach
10-17 June 1944 La Valle, France
17 August 1944 St. Martin le Tallevend, France
14 September 1944 St.Trond, Belgium
6 February 1945 Lictensbusch, Germany (Ziegfried Line)
14 March 1945 Remagen Bridge
11 June 1945 Nurnberg, Germany
18 October 1945 Inactivated at Camp Shanks, New York
3 December 1954 Reactivated in Hoechst, Germany
July 1958 Task Force 201, Beirut, Lebanon
September 1958 Returned to Germany
16 July 1963 The Battalion relocated to Ft Gordon, Georgia
22 October 1965 Deployed to Qui Nhon, Republic of Viet Nam
July 1966 Relocated to Plei Ku, Republic of Viet Nam
June 1967 Relocated to Dak To, Republic of Viet Nam
20 July 1969 Relocated to Camp Adams, Phu Tai, Republic of Viet Nam
June 1971 Relocated to Phan Rang AFB, Republic of Viet Nam
17 November 1971 Inactivated at Ft Lewis, Washington
21 December 1975
?		 Reactivated at Fort Sill, Oklahoma
part of 3 Corps, 214th Arty Brigade
per Daniel Webster, Desert Storm vet
1991
?		 Participated in Operation Desert Storm
part of 20th Engineer Brigade
April 1991 Redeployed to Fort Sill, Oklahoma
1992/93
?		 Relocated to Ft Carson, Colorado
attached to 4th Infantry Division
1994/95 Deactivated at Ft Carson, Colorado
late 1990's
?		 Reactivated at Ft Hood Texas
again attached to 4th Infantry Division
per Rich "Big Red" Miller, Webmaster
Dec 1995
?
?		 When the 2nd Armored Division (Ft Hood TX) was deactivated,
its 17th Engineer Battalion was reflagged as the
299th Engineer Battalion, 4th Infantry Division
2002 Located at Ft Hood.
20 Feb 2003 4th Infantry Division receives orders to deploy to CENCOM
299th is part of 1st bde, 4th ID
about 27 March 2003 Last of 4th ID departs Ft Hood for Kuwait
in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom
early April 2004 299th DEROS from Iraq to Ft Hood TX

299th Links...
299th Links...299th History
299th Bulletin Board WW II
299th Memorial Page Cold War
The Weather in Qui Nhon Viet Nam
Old Guest Book Ft Sill
2004 Kokomo Reunion Desert Storm
Lost and Found Ft Sill
Ft Carson
299th Links Page Ft Hood
Operation Iraqi Freedom

LOST & FOUND
Lettered CompaniesNumbered CompaniesOther Eras
HQ Company15th Engineer Company (LE)WW II
A Company35th Land Clearing TeamCold War
B Company513th Engineer Company (DT)Ft Sill
C Company538th Engineer Company (LC)Desert Storm
D Company542nd Engineer Detachment (PD)Ft Sill #2
unknown Company553rd Engineer Company (FB)Ft Carson
585th Engineer Company (DT)Ft Hood
610th Engineer Company (CS)
614th Engineer Company (PD)
630th Engineer Company (LE)
643th Engineer Company ()

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