Lineage And Honors Information
Lineage and Honors Information as of 28 January 2015
2d Battalion, 3d Infantry Regiment
(The Old Guard)
- Constituted 3 June 1784 in the Regular Army as a company of the First American Regiment
- Organized by September 1784 in Pennsylvania or New Jersey
- Redesignated 29 September 1789 as a company of the Regiment of Infantry
- Redesignated 3 March 1971 as a company of the 1st Infantry
- Redesignated in 1792 as a company of the Infantry of the 1st Sub-Legion
- Redesignated 31 October 1796 as a company of the 1st Infantry
- Consolidated May-October 1815 with a company of the 5th Infantry (constituted 12 April 1808), a company of the 17th Infantry (constituted 11 January 1812), a company of the 19th Infantry (constituted 26 June 1812), and a company of the 28th Infantry (constituted 29 January 1813) to form a company of the 3d Infantry
- Designated 22 May 1816 as Company B, 3d Infantry
- Consolidated 19 November 1869 with part of Company E, 37th Infantry (see ANNEX), and consolidated unit designated as Company B, 3d Infantry
- (3d Infantry assigned 24 March 1923 to the 7th Division; relieved 15 August 1927 from assignment to the 7th Division and assigned to the 6th Division; relieved 1 October 1933 from assignment to the 6th Division and assigned to the 7th Division; relieved 16 October 1939 from assignment to the 7th Division and assigned to the 6th Division; relieved 10 May 1941 from assignment to the 6th Division)
- Inactivated 1 June 1941 at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri
- Activated 14 February 1942 in Newfoundland
- Inactivated 20 November 1946 in Germany
- Activated 6 April 1948 at Fort Myer, Virginia
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 July 1957 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2d Battle Group, 3d Infantry, and assigned to the 7th Infantry Division (organic elements concurrently constituted and activated)
- Battle Group inactivated 1 July 1963 in Korea and relieved from assignment to the 7th Infantry Division
- Redesignated 23 March 1966 as the 2d Battalion, 3d Infantry, and assigned to the 199th Infantry Brigade
- Activated 1 June 1966 at Fort Benning, Georgia
- Inactivated 15 October 1970 at Fort Benning, Georgia
- Assigned 16 March 2001 to the 2d Infantry Division and activated at Fort Lewis, Washington
- Relieved 27 July 2005 from assignment to the 2d Infantry Division and assigned to the 3d Brigade Combat Team, 2d Infantry Division
- Redesignated 1 October 2005 as the 2d Battalion, 3d Infantry Regiment
- ANNEX
- Constituted 3 May 1861 in the Regular Army as Company E, 3d Battalion, 19th Infantry
- Organized 7 February 1866 at Newport Barracks, Kentucky
- Reorganized and redesignated 23 November 1866 as Company E, 37th Infantry
- Consolidated 19 November 1869 with Company B and Company E, 3d Infantry, and consolidated units designated as Company B and Company E, 3d Infantry (Company E, 3d Infantry–hereafter separate lineage)
Campaign Participation Credit
- War of 1812
- Canada
- Chippewa
- Lundy’s Lane
- Mexican War
- Palo Alto
- Resaca de la Palma
- Monterey
- Vera Cruz
- Cerro Gordo
- Contreras
- Churubusco
- Chapultepec
- Civil War
- Bull Run
- Peninsula
- Manassas
- Antietam
- Fredericksburg
- Chancellorsville
- Gettysburg
- Appomattox
- Texas 1861
- Florida 1861
- Florida 1862
- Virginia 1863
- Indian Wars
- Miami
- Seminoles
- Comanches
- New Mexico 1856
- New Mexico 1857
- New Mexico 1858
- New Mexico 1860
- Montana 1887
- War with Spain
- Santiago
- Philippine Insurrection
- Malolos
- San Isidro
- Luzon 1899
- Luzon 1900
- Jolo 1911
- World War II
- American Theater, Streamer
- without inscription
- Northern France
- 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:
- Iraqi Sovereignty
- (Additional campaigns
- to be determined)
DECORATIONS
- Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered SAIGON - LONG BINH
- Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered KARBALA AND AN NAJAF, IRAQ
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2003-2004
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2006-2007
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2009-2010
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN 2011-2012
- Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 2002-2003
- Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 1957-1963
- Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1968
- Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1968-1970
- Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1970
- Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1966-1970
- Company C additionally entitled to:
- Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered EASTERN AFGHANISTAN FEB-SEP 2012
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
RICHARD W. STEWART, PH.D.
Center of Military History