2d Battalion, 5th Infantry Regiment
(Bobcats)
Lineage and Honors Information as of 30 September 2009
2d Battalion, 5th Infantry Regiment Lineage
Constituted 12 April 1808 in the Regular Army as a company of the 4th Infantry
Organized in May or June 1808 in New England
Consolidated May-October 1815 with a company each of the 9th and 13th Infantry (both constituted 11 January 1812), a company of
the 21st Infantry (constituted 26 June 1812), a company of the 40th Infantry (constituted 29 January 1813), and a company of the
46th Infantry (constituted 30 March 1814) to form a company of the 5th Infantry
Designated 22 May 1816 as Company B, 5th Infantry
Consolidated in June 1869 with part of Company K, 37th Infantry (see ANNEX), and consolidated unit designated as Company B, 5th
Infantry
(5th Infantry assigned 27 July 1918 to the 17th Division; relieved 10 February 1919 from assignment to the 17th Division; assigned
24 March 1923 to the 9th Division; relieved 15 August 1927 from assignment to the 9th Division and assigned to the 5th Division;
relieved 1 October 1933 from assignment to the 5th Division and assigned to the 9th Division; relieved 15 July 1940 from
assignment to the 9th Division; assigned 10 July 1943 to the 71st Light Division [later redesignated as the 71st Infantry
Division]; relieved 1 May 1946 from assignment to the 71st Infantry Division)
Inactivated 15 November 1946 in Austria
Activated 1 January 1949 in Korea
(5th Infantry assigned 10 October 1954 to the 71st Infantry Division; relieved 25 August 1956 from assignment to the 71st Infantry
Division; assigned 1 September 1956 to the 8th Infantry Division)
Inactivated 1 August 1957 in Germany and relieved from assignment to the 8th Infantry Division
Redesignated 19 November 1957 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2d Battle Group, 5th Infantry (organic elements
concurrently constituted)
Assigned 1 December 1957 to the 9th Infantry Division and activated at Fort Carson, Colorado
Inactivated 31 January 1962 at Fort Carson, Colorado, and relieved from assignment to the 9th Infantry Division
Redesignated 6 December 1969 as the 2d Battalion, 5th Infantry; concurrently assigned to the 25th Infantry Division and activated
at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii
Inactivated 5 June 1972 at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, and relieved from assignment to the 25th Infantry Division
Assigned 16 August 1995 to the 25th Infantry Division and activated at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii
Redesignated 1 October 2005 as the 2d Battalion, 5th Infantry Regiment
Inactivated 15 November 2005 at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, and relieved from assignment to the 25th Infantry Division
Assigned 16 August 2009 to the 3d Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, and activated at Fort Bliss, Texas
ANNEX
Constituted 3 May 1861 in the Regular Army as Company K, 3d Battalion, 19th Infantry
Organized 25 September 1866 at Fort Columbus, New York
Reorganized and redesignated 23 November 1866 as Company K, 37th Infantry
Consolidated in June 1869 with Company A and Company B, 5th Infantry, and consolidated units designated as Company A and Company
B, 5th Infantry (Company A, 5th Infantry--hereafter separate lineage)
2d Battalion, 5th Infantry Regiment Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
War of 1812: *Canada; *Chippewa; *Lundy's Lane
Mexican War: *Palo Alto; *Resaca de la Palma; *Monterey; *Churubusco; *Molino del Rey; *Chapultepec; Vera Cruz 1847
Civil War: *New Mexico 1862
Indian Wars: *Tippecanoe; *Seminoles; Comanches; *Little Big Horn; *Nez Perces; Bannocks; *New Mexico 1860; *Montana 1879; Montana 1880; *Montana 1881; Montana 1887
Philippine Insurrection: *Streamer without inscription
World War II: *American Theater, Streamer without inscription; *Rhineland; *Central Europe
Korean War: *UN Defensive; *UN Offensive; *CCF Intervention; *First UN Counteroffensive; *CCF Spring Offensive; *UN Summer-Fall Offensive; *Second Korean Winter; *Korea, Summer-Fall 1952; *Third Korean Winter; *Korea, Summer 1953
War on Terrorism: Campaigns to be determined
Decorations
Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered CHINJU
*Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN 2004-2005
*Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 1950-1952
*Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 1950-1953
*Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 1952-1954