Lineage and Honors Information as of 9 July 2010
2d BATTALION, 4th INFANTRY REGIMENT
(WARRIORS)
Constituted 11 January 1812 in the Regular Army as a company of the 14th Infantry
Organized in March 1812
Consolidated May - October 1815 with a company each of the 18th and 20th Infantry (both constituted 11 January 1812) and a company each of the 36th and 38th Infantry (both constituted 29 January 1813) to form a company of the 4th Infantry
Designated 21 August 1816 as Company B, 4th Infantry
Consolidated 31 March 1869 with Company B, 30th Infantry (see ANNEX), and consolidated unit designated as Company B, 4th Infantry
(4th Infantry assigned 1 October 1917 to the 3d Division; relieved 15 May 1940 from assignment to the 3d Division; assigned 1 November 1945 to the 25th Infantry Division)
Inactivated 31 January 1947 in Japan
(4th Infantry relieved 1 February 1947 from assignment to the 25th Infantry Division)
Activated 1 October 1948 at Fort Lewis, Washington
(4th Infantry assigned 10 October 1954 to the 71st Infantry Division; relieved
15 September 1956 from assignment to the 71st Infantry Division)
Reorganized and redesignated 15 February 1958 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2d Battle Group, 4th Infantry, and assigned to the 3d Infantry Division (organic elements concurrently constituted and activated)
Battle Group relieved 18 April 1963 from assignment to the 3d Infantry Division
Inactivated 3 June 1963 in Germany
Redesignated 21 July 1969 as the 2d Battalion, 4th Infantry, and activated at Fort Campbell, Kentucky
Inactivated 15 May 1991 in Germany
Assigned 16 January 2005 to the 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, and activated at Fort Polk, Louisiana
Redesignated 1 October 2005 as the 2d Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment
ANNEX
Constituted 3 May 1861 in the Regular Army as Company B, 3d Battalion, 12th Infantry
Organized 23 December 1865 at Fort Hamilton, New York
Reorganized and redesignated 7 December 1866 as Company B, 30th Infantry
Consolidated 31 March 1869 with Company B, 4th Infantry, and consolidated unit designated as Company B, 4th Infantry
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
War of 1812
*Canada
*Bladensburg
*McHenry
Mexican War
*Palo Alto
*Resaca de la Palma
*Monterey
*Vera Cruz
*Cerro Gordo
*Churubusco
*Molino del Rey
*Chapultepec
*Puebla 1847
Tlaxcala 1847
Civil War
*Peninsula
*Manassas
*Antietam
*Fredericksburg
*Chancellorsville
Gettysburg
Wilderness
Spotsylvania
Cold Harbor
Petersburg
Appomattox
Virginia 1863
Indian Wars
Tippecanoe
*Seminoles
Black Hawk
Little Big Horn
*Utes
*Oregon 1855
*Oregon 1856
Washington 1855
Washington 1856
*California 1861
War with Spain
*Santiago
Philippine Insurrection
*Manila
*Malolos
Cavite
*Luzon 1899
World War I
*Aisne
*Champagne-Marne
*Aisne-Marne
*St. Mihiel
*Meuse-Argonne
*Champagne 1918
World War II
*Aleutian Islands
War on Terrorism
Campaigns to be determined
DECORATIONS
*Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered BAGHDAD 2007-2009
*Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN 2006-2007
*French Croix de Guerre with Gilt Star, World War I, Streamer embroidered CHAMPAGNE-MARNE AISNE-MARNE
*Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 1983-1986
Company C additionally entitled to:
Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 1990
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
JEFFREY J. CLARKE
Chief of Military History