Lineage and Honors Information as of 12 January 2018
4th Battalion, 39th Infantry Regiment
(AAA-O)
- Constituted 15 May 1917 in the Regular Army as Company D, 39th Infantry
- Organized 1 June 1917 at Syracuse, New York
- (39th Infantry assigned 19 November 1917 to the 4th Division)
- Inactivated 21 September 1921 at Camp Lewis, Washington
- (39th 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 and assigned to the 4th Division; relieved 1 August 1940 from assignment to the 4th Division and assigned to the 9th Division [later redesignated as the 9th Infantry Division])
- Activated 9 August 1940 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina
- Inactivated 30 November 1946 in Germany
- Activated 15 July 1947 at Fort Dix, New Jersey
- Inactivated 1 December 1957 at Fort Carson, Colorado, and relieved from assignment to the 9th Infantry Division; concurrently redesignated as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 4th Battle Group, 39th Infantry
- Redesignated 1 February 1966 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 4th Battalion, 39th Infantry, assigned to the 9th Infantry Division and activated at Fort Riley, Kansas (organic elements concurrently constituted and activated)
- Inactivated 25 September 1969 at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, and relieved from assignment to the 9th Infantry Division
- Headquarters transferred 3 April 1987 to the United States Army Training and Doctrine Command and activated at Fort Dix, New Jersey
- Inactivated 5 July 1990 at Fort Dix, New Jersey
- Battalion redesignated 1 October 2005 as the 4th Battalion, 39th Infantry Regiment
- Activated 1 October 2017 at Fort Jackson, South Carolina
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
Decorations
- Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered COTENTIN PENINSULA
- Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered LE DESERT
- Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered CHERENCE LE ROUSSEL
- Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered SAIGON
- French Croix de Guerre with Gilt Star, World War I, Streamer embroidered AISNE-MARNE
- French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II, Streamer embroidered SAINT JACQUES DE NEHOU
- French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II, Streamer embroidered CHERENCE LE ROUSSEL
- French Croix de Guerre, World War II, Fourragere
- Belgian Fourragere 1940
- Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action at Meuse River
- Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action at the Ardennes
- 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
- Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1969
- Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1967-1969
- Company B additionally entitled to:
- Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered LONG BINH-BIEN HOA
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
CHARLES R. BOWERY, JR.
Chief of Military History