2d Battalion
47th Infantry
Lineage and Honors Information as of 22 May 1997
2d Battalion
47th Infantry Lineage
Constituted 15 May 1917 in the Regular Army as Company B, 47th Infantry
Organized 1 June 1917 at Syracuse, New York
(47th Infantry assigned 19 November 1917 to the 4th Division)
Inactivated 22 September 1921 at Camp Lewis, Washington
(47th Infantry relieved 15 August 1927 from assignment to the 4th Division and assigned to the 7th Division; relieved 1 October 1933 from assignment to the 7th Division; assigned 1 August 1940 to the 9th Division [later redesignated as the 9th Infantry Division])
Activated 10 August 1940 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina
Inactivated 31 December 1946 in Germany
Activated 15 July 1947 at Fort Dix, New Jersey
Reorganized and redesignated 1 April 1957 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2d Battle Group, 47th Infantry, relieved from assignment to the 9th Infantry Division, and assigned to the 4th Infantry Division (organic elements concurrently constituted and activated)
Inactivated 1 October 1963 at Fort Lewis, Washington, and relieved from assignment to the 4th Infantry Division
Redesignated 1 February 1966 as the 2d Battalion, 47th Infantry; concurrently assigned to the 9th Infantry Division and activated at Fort Riley, Kansas
Inactivated 13 October 1970 at Fort Lewis, Washington
Activated 21 November 1972 at Fort Lewis, Washington
Inactivated 15 August 1988 at Fort Lewis, Washington, and relieved from assignment to the 9th Infantry Division
Headquarters transferred 15 April 1996 to the United States Army Training and Doctrine Command and activated at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri
2d Battalion
47th Infantry Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
World War I: * Aisne-Marne; * St. Mihiel; * Meuse-Argonne; * Champagne 1918; * Lorraine 1918
World War II: * Algeria-French Morocco (with arrowhead); * Tunisia; * Sicily; * Normandy; * 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
Decorations
Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for CHERBOURG
Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for HAGUE PENINSULA
Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for ROETGEN, GERMANY
* Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for NOTHBERG, GERMANY
Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for FREUZENBERG CASTLE
* Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for REMAGEN, GERMANY
Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for OBERKIRCHEN, GERMANY
* Valorous Unit Award for LONG BINH - BIEN HOA
* Valorous Unit Award for SAIGON
* Valorous Unit Award for FISH HOOK
* French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II for CHERBOURG
* Belgian Fourragere 1940
* Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action at the MEUSE RIVER
* Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in the ARDENNES
* Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm for VIETNAM 1967-1968
* Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm for VIETNAM 1968
* Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm for VIETNAM 1969
* Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm for VIETNAM 1969-1970
* Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class for VIETNAM 1967-1969
* Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class for VIETNAM 1969-1970