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Lineage and Honors Information as of 26 October 2016

2d Battalion, 22d Infantry Regiment

  • Constituted 3 May 1861 in the Regular Army as Companies B and K, 2d Battalion, 13th Infantry
  • Organized 15 May 1865 at Camp Dennison, Ohio
  • Reorganized and redesignated 21 September 1866 as Companies B and K, 22d Infantry
  • Companies B and K, 22d Infantry, consolidated 4 May 1869 and consolidated unit designated as Company B, 22d Infantry
  • (22d Infantry assigned 24 March 1923 to the 4th Division [later redesignated as the 4th Infantry Division])
  • Inactivated 30 June 1927 at Fort McPherson, Georgia
  • Activated 1 June 1940 at Fort McClellan, Alabama
  • Inactivated 1 March 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; concurrently redesignated as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2d Battle Group, 22d Infantry
  • Redesignated 21 August 1963 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2d Battalion, 22d Infantry, and assigned to the 4th Infantry Division (organic elements concurrently constituted)
  • Battalion activated 1 October 1963 at Fort Lewis, Washington
  • Relieved 1 August 1967 from assignment to the 4th Infantry Division and assigned to the 25th Infantry Division
  • Relieved 15 December 1970 from assignment to the 25th Infantry Division and assigned to the 4th Infantry Division
  • Inactivated 13 September 1972 at Fort Carson, Colorado
  • Activated 21 September 1976 at Fort Carson, Colorado
  • Inactivated 1 July 1984 in Germany, and relieved from assignment to the 4th Infantry Division
  • Assigned 1 September 1986 to the 10th Mountain Division, and activated at Fort Drum, New York
  • Relieved 16 September 2004 from assignment to the 10th Mountain Division and assigned to the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division
  • Redesignated 1 October 2005 as the 2d Battalion, 22d Infantry Regiment

Campaign Participation Credit

  • Indian Wars
  • Little Big Horn
  • Pine Ridge
  • North Dakota 1868
  • North Dakota 1869
  • Montana 1872
  • War with Spain
  • Santiago
  • Philippine Insurrection
  • Manila
  • Malolos
  • San Isidro
  • Mindanao
  • Jolo
  • Luzon 1900
  • 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
  • Armed Forces Expeditions
  • Somalia
  • War on Terrorism
  • Iraq:
  • Iraqi Governance
  • National Resolution
  • (Additional campaigns
  • to be determined)

Decorations

  • Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered CARENTAN
  • Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered ST. GILLIS-MARIGNY
  • Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered HURTGEN FOREST
  • Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered SUOI TRE
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN 2003-2004
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA 2005-2006
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2007-2008
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN 2010
  • 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 1966-1967
  • Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1967-1968
  • Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1968-1970
  • Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1967-1970
  • Company A additionally entitled to:
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ JAN-OCT 2008

By Order of the Secretary of the Army:

CHARLES R. BOWERY, JR.
Chief of Military History


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