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2d Infantry Regiment

Lineage and Honors Information as of 15 May 2007

2d Infantry Regiment Lineage

Constituted 12 April 1808 in the Regular Army as the 6th Infantry

Organized May-July 1808 in Pennsylvania, New York, and New Jersey

Consolidated May-October 1815 with the 16th Infantry (constituted 11 January 1812), the 22d and 23d Infantry (both constituted 26 June 1812), and the 32d Infantry (constituted 29 January 1813) to form the 2d Infantry

Consolidated 18 April 1869 with the 16th Infantry (see ANNEX) and consolidated unit designated as the 2d Infantry

Assigned 27 July 1918 to the 19th Division

Relieved 14 February 1919 from assignment to the 19th Division

Assigned 24 March 1923 to the 6th Division

Relieved 16 October 1939 from assignment to the 6th Division and assigned to the 5th Division (later redesignated as the 5th Infantry Division)

Inactivated 20 September 1946 at Camp Campbell, Kentucky

Activated 15 July 1947 at Fort Jackson, South Carolina

Inactivated 30 April 1950 at Fort Jackson, South Carolina

Activated 1 March 1951 at Indiantown Gap Military Reservation, Pennsylvania

Inactivated 1 September 1953 at Indiantown Gap Military Reservation, Pennsylvania

Activated 25 May 1954 in Germany

Relieved 1 June 1957 from assignment to the 5th Infantry Division and reorganized as a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System

Withdrawn 16 June 1986 from the Combat Arms Regimental System and reorganized under the United States Army Regimental System

Redesignated 1 October 2005 as the 2d Infantry Regiment

ANNEX

Constituted 3 May 1861 in the Regular Army as the 1st Battalion, 16th Infantry

Organized 21 August 1861 at Camp Slemmer, Illinois

Reorganized and redesignated 21 September 1866 as the 16th Infantry

Consolidated 18 April 1869 with the 2d Infantry and consolidated unit designated as the 2d Infantry

2d Infantry Regiment Honors

Campaign Participation Credit

War of 1812: Canada; Chippewa; Lundy's Lane; Alabama 1814

Mexican War: Vera Cruz; Cerro Gordo; Contreras; Churubusco; Molino del Rey; Chapultepec

Civil War: Bull Run; Peninsula; Shiloh; Manassas; Antietam; Fredericksburg; Murfreesborough; Chancellorsville; Gettysburg; Chickamauga; Chattanooga; Wilderness; Atlanta; Spotsylvania; Cold Harbor; Petersburg; Missouri 1861; Kentucky 1862; Mississippi 1862; Virginia 1862; Virginia 1863; Tennessee 1863; Georgia 1864

Indian Wars: Miami; Seminoles; Nez Perces; Bannocks; Pine Ridge; California 1850; California 1851; California 1852

War with Spain: Santiago

Philippine Insurrection: Streamer without inscription

World War II: Normandy; Northern France; Rhineland; Ardennes-Alsace; 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

War on Terrorism: Iraq

Decorations

Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for FALLUJAH

Valorous Unit Award for AP BAU BANG

Valorous Unit Award for BINH DUONG PROVINCE

Valorous Unit Award for BINH LONG PROVINCE 1969

Army Superior Unit Award for 1997


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