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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