Lineage And Honors Information
Lineage and Honors Information as of 22 May 2014
4th BATTALION,
9th INFANTRY REGIMENT
(MANCHU)
- Constituted 3 March 1855 in the Regular Army as Company D, 9th Infantry
- Organized 17 March 1855 at Fort Monroe, Virginia
- Consolidated in June 1869 with Company D, 27th Infantry (see ANNEX), and consolidated unit designated as Company D, 9th Infantry
- (9th Infantry assigned 22 September 1917 to the 2d Division [later redesignated as the 2d Infantry Division])
- Inactivated 20 June 1957 at Ladd Air Force Base, Alaska, and relieved from assignment to the 2d Infantry Division; concurrently redesignated as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 4th Battle Group, 9th Infantry
- Activated 25 January 1963 at Fort Wainwright, Alaska (organic elements concurrently constituted and activated)
- Assigned 20 May 1963 to the 171st Infantry Brigade
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 July 1963 as the 4th Battalion, 9th Infantry
- Relieved 14 January 1966 from assignment to the 171st Infantry Brigade and assigned to the 25th Infantry Division
- Inactivated 5 June 1972 at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii
- Relieved 2 August 1972 from assignment to the 25th Infantry Division, assigned to the 172d Infantry Brigade, and activated at Fort Wainwright, Alaska
- Inactivated 6 January 1983 at Fort Wainwright, Alaska, and relieved from assignment to the 172d Infantry Brigade
- Assigned 29 April 1983 to the 7th Infantry Division and activated at Fort Ord, California
- Relieved 16 April 1987 from assignment to the 7th Infantry Division and assigned to the 6th Infantry Division
- Inactivated 15 December 1995 at Fort Wainwright, Alaska, and relieved from assignment to the 6th Infantry Division
- Redesignated 1 October 2005 as the 4th Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment
- Assigned 1 June 2006 to the 4th Brigade Combat Team, 2d Infantry Division, and activated at Fort Lewis, Washington
- Relieved 16 March 2014 from assignment to the 4th Brigade Combat Team, 2d Infantry Division, and assigned to the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division
- ANNEX
- Constituted 3 May 1861 in the Regular Army as Company D, 2d Battalion, 18th Infantry
- Organized in October 1861 at Camp Thomas, Ohio
- Reorganized and redesignated 21 September 1866 as Company D, 27th Infantry
- Consolidated in June 1869 with Company D, 9th Infantry, and consolidated unit designated as Company D, 9th Infantry
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
- Civil War
- *Murfreesborough
- *Chickamauga
- *Chattanooga
- *Atlanta
- *Kentucky 1862
- *Mississippi 1862
- *Tennessee 1863
- *Georgia 1864
- Indian Wars
- Little Big Horn
- *Washington 1856
- Washington 1858
- Wyoming 1866
- *Wyoming 1867
- War with Spain
- *Santiago
- China Relief Expedition
- *Tientsin
- *Yang-tsun
- *Peking
- Philippine Insurrection
- *Malolos
- San Isidro
- *Zapote River
- *Tarlac
- *Luzon 1899
- *Luzon 1900
- Samar 1901
- World War I
- *Aisne
- *Aisne-Marne
- *St. Mihiel
- *Meuse-Argonne
- *Ile de France 1918
- *Lorraine 1918
- World War II
- *Normandy (with arrowhead)
- *Northern France
- *Rhineland
- *Ardennes-Alsace
- *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
- Vietnam
- *Counteroffensive
- *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 Surge
- (Additional campaigns to be determined)
DECORATIONS
- Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered BREST, FRANCE
- Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered SIEGFRIED LINE
- *Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered ARDENNES
- *Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered HONGCHON
- *Presidential Unit Citation (Navy), Streamer embroidered HWACHON RESERVOIR
- *Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2007-2008
- *Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2009-2010
- *Navy Unit Commendation, Streamer embroidered PANMUNJOM
- *French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War I, Streamer embroidered CHATEAU THIERRY
- *French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War I, Streamer embroidered AISNE-MARNE
- *French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War I, Streamer embroidered MEUSE-ARGONNE
- *French Croix de Guerre, World War I, Fourragere
- *Luxembourg Croix de Guerre, Streamer embroidered LUXEMBOURG
- *Belgian Fourragere 1940
- *Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in the Ardennes
- *Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action at Elsenborn Crest
- *Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered NAKTONG RIVER LINE
- *Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 1950-1953
- *Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1966-1968
- *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 1966-1970
- Company C additionally entitled to:
- Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered TAY NINH PROVINCE
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Center of Military History