Lineage And Honors Information
Lineage and Honors Information as of 19 August 2014
2d Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment
(fighting eagles)
- Constituted 5 July 1838 in the Regular Army as Company B, 8th Infantry, and organized at Detroit, Michigan
- Consolidated in May 1869 with Company B, 33d Infantry (see ANNEX), and consolidated unit designated as Company B, 8th Infantry
- (8th Infantry assigned 17 December 1917 to the 8th Division; relieved 24 March 1923 from assignment to the 8th Division and assigned to the 4th Division [later redesignated as the 4th Infantry Division])
- Inactivated 25 February 1946 at Camp Butner, North Carolina
- Activated 15 July 1947 at Fort Ord, California
- Inactivated 1 April 1957 at Fort Lewis, Washington, and relieved from assignment to the 4th Infantry Division
- Redesignated 1 August 1957 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2d Battle Group, 8th Infantry, assigned to the 8th Infantry Division, and activated in Germany (organic elements concurrently constituted and activated)
- Relieved 1 January 1959 from assignment to the 8th Infantry Division and assigned to the 1st Infantry Division
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 October 1963 as the 2d Battalion, 8th Infantry; concurrently relieved from assignment to the 1st Infantry Division and assigned to the 4th Infantry Division
- Inactivated 13 September 1972 at Fort Carson, Colorado
- Activated 1 August 1984 at Fort Carson, Colorado
- Inactivated 15 December 1989 at Fort Carson, Colorado, and relieved from assignment to the 4th Infantry Division
- Assigned 16 December 1995 to the 2d Armored Division and activated at Fort Hood, Texas
- Relieved 16 January 1996 from assignment to the 2d Armored Division and assigned to the 4th Infantry Division
- Relieved 16 December 2004 from assignment to the 4th Infantry Division and assigned to the 2d Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division
- Redesignated 1 October 2005 as the 2d Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment
- ANNEX
- Constituted 3 May 1861 in the Regular Army as Company B, 3d Battalion, 15th Infantry
- Organized by March 1864 at Fort Adams, Rhode Island
- Reorganized and redesignated 21 September 1866 as Company B, 33d Infantry
- Consolidated in May 1869 with Company B, 8th Infantry, and consolidated unit designated as Company B, 8th Infantry
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
- Mexican War
- *Palo Alto
- *Resaca de la Palma
- *Monterey
- *Vera Cruz
- *Cerro Gordo
- *Churubusco
- *Molino del Rey
- *Chapultepec
- Civil War
- Peninsula
- Manassas
- Antietam
- *Fredericksburg
- *Chancellorsville
- *Gettysburg
- *Wilderness
- *Atlanta
- *Spotsylvania
- *Cold Harbor
- *Petersburg
- *Texas 1861
- Indian Wars
- *Seminoles
- Apaches
- *New Mexico 1858
- New Mexico 1860
- *Montana 1872
- Arizona 1876
- War with Spain
- *Santiago
- Philippine Insurrection
- Luzon 1901
- World War I
- *Streamer without inscription
- World War II
- *Normandy (with arrowhead)
- *Northern France
- *Rhineland
- *Ardennes-Alsace
- *Central Europe
- Vietnam
- *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
- *Sanctuary Counteroffensive
- *Counteroffensive, Phase VII
- War on Terrorism
- Iraq:
- *Liberation of Iraq
- *Transition of Iraq
- *Iraqi Surge
- *Iraqi Sovereignty
Decorations
- *Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered BEACHES OF NORMANDY
- *Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2003-2004
- *Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered WESTERN AND SOUTHERN AFGHANISTAN 2011-2012
- *Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2008-2009
- *Belgian Fourragere 1940
- *Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in Belgium
- *Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in the Ardennes
- *Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1966-1969
- *Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1969-1970
- *Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1966-1969
- Company B and Company C each additionally entitled to:
- Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered CENTRAL HIGHLANDS
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
Robert J. Dalessandro
Director, Center of Military History