1st Combat Engineer Bn (CEB)
USMC Battalion
Administered By : Schuhlein, Jacob, MSgt
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Unit Details

Strength
USMC Battalion
Type
Logistics 		 
Year
1976 - Present 		 

Description
1st Combat Engineer Battalion is a combat engineer battalion of the United States Marine Corps. The unit, nicknamed "The Super Breed", is based at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California and falls under the command of the 1st Marine Division and the I Marine Expeditionary Force.

On 31 March 1976, not long after its return to Camp Pendleton, the battalion was redesignated 1st Combat Engineer Battalion which more closely reflects its specific mission.

Notable Persons
Medal Honor - Vietnam - PFC Jimmy Wayne Phipps
Private First Class Jimmy Wayne Phipps (MCSN: 2412145), United States Marine Corps, for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty on 27 May 1969, while serving as a combat engineer with Company B, First Engineer Battalion, FIRST Marine Division (Reinforced), Fleet Marine Force, in connection with combat operations against the enemy near An Hoa, Republic of Vietnam. 
 
Reports To
Engineer Units
 
Active Reporting Units
 
Inactive Reporting Unit
None
 
23 Members Who Served in This Unit


 
  • Adams, David, Sgt, (1986-1994)
  • Boyd, Christopher, Sgt, (1996-2001)
  • Caballero, Mark, Sgt, (2012-2016)
  • Castro, Michael, Cpl, (2015-2019)
  • Chestna, John, LCpl, (1988-1992)
  • Ciaston, Peter, Maj, (2006-Present)
  • Duharkic, Alen, SSgt, (2008-2019)
  • Everett, James, LCpl, (1979-1982)
  • Hernandez, Arthur, Cpl, (1977-1980)
  • Homburg, Alekzander, Cpl, (1990-1996)
  • Leonard, Jason, Sgt, (1999-2003)
  • Montgomery, Kyle, Sgt, (2004-2012)
  • Orcutt, Tommy, Cpl, (2006-2010)
  • Palacios, Elmery, Cpl, (2005-2009)
  • Prudhomme, Connor, LCpl, (2016-2018)
  • Quackenbush, Corey, Sgt, (2011-2019)
  • Villarreal, Jaziel, Cpl, (2018-2022)
  • White, James, Sgt, (2002-2008)
  • Wilczak, John, Cpl, (1994-1997)
  • Windel, Lance, Col, (1994-Present)
  • Woodson, Deshaun, Sgt, (2001-2007)
  • Zurawski, Kevin, Sgt, (2011-2015)
 
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  Unit History Detail
Date
 Sep 12, 1975

Title
Vietnam Era

Content
The battalion was again redesignated on 1 May 1963 as the 1st Engineer Battalion and departed San Diego Harbor with the 7th Marine Regiment (RLT-7) on WW-II Troop Ships USS Pickaway (APA-222) and USS Renville (APA-227) on 23 May 1965 for Camp Hansen, Okinawa, with a brief stop-over at Pearl Harbor Hawaii. From Okinawa they deployed to Qui-Nhon SVN, landing there on 06-7 July 1965. On 10 November 1965 7th Marines re-deployed to Chu Lai in the Republic of Vietnam. One Marine was lost on the USS Renville while en route to Hawaii due to appendicitis which was misdiagnosed as sea-sickness.

During the Vietnam War the 1st Engineer Battalion supported 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Battalions of the 1st 5th and 7th Marines in combat operations from July 1965 through April 1971, operating from Qui-Nhon, Chu-Lai and Da-Nang, the most famous of which was Operation "Starlight" conducted August 1965 where Sgt. Robert E. O'Malley was awarded the first Marine Corps Medal of Honor of the Vietnam War
   

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