2d Battalion
58th Infantry Regiment
(The Patriots)
Lineage and Honors Information as of 20 December 2006
2d Battalion
58th Infantry Regiment Lineage
Constituted 15 May 1917 in the Regular Army as Company B, 58th Infantry
Organized 5 June 1917 at Gettysburg National Park, Pennsylvania
(58th Infantry assigned 19 November 1917 to the 4th Division)
Inactivated 21 June 1922 at Fort George Wright, Washington
Demobilized 31 July 1922
Reconstituted 8 April 1942 in the Regular Army as Company B, 58th Infantry
Activated 24 April 1942 at Fort Lewis, Washington
Reorganized and redesignated 26 January 1944 as Company B, 203d Infantry Battalion
Inactivated 2 March 1945 at Camp Shelby, Mississippi
Consolidated 10 July 1951 with Company B, 58th Armored Infantry Battalion (see ANNEX), and consolidated unit designated as Company B, 58th Armored Infantry Battalion, an element of the 8th Armored Division
(58th Armored Infantry Battalion relieved 23 July 1956 from assignment to the 8th Armored Division)
Activated 15 August 1956 in Germany
Reorganized and redesignated 1 July 1957 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2d Armored Rifle Battalion, 58th Infantry, and assigned to the 2d Armored Division (organic elements concurrently constituted and activated)
Battalion inactivated 1 July 1963 at Fort Hood, Texas, and relieved from assignment to the 2d Armored Division
Redesignated 1 April 1975 as the 2d Battalion, 58th Infantry, assigned to the 2d Armored Division, and activated at Fort Hood, Texas
Inactivated 31 May 1981 at Fort Hood, Texas, and relieved from assignment to the 2d Armored Division
Headquarters transferred 28 August 1987 to the United States Army Training and Doctrine Command and activated at Fort Benning, Georgia
Redesignated 1 October 2005 as the 2d Battalion, 58th Infantry Regiment
ANNEX
Constituted 15 May 1917 in the Regular Army as Company B, 49th Infantry
Organized 1 June 1917 at Syracuse, New York
Inactivated 18 November 1921 at Fort Snelling, Minnesota
Demobilized 31 July 1922
Reconstituted 1 April 1942 in the Regular Army as Company B, 49th Armored Infantry, an element of the 8th Armored Division, and activated at Fort Knox, Kentucky
Reorganized and redesignated 20 September 1943 as Company B, 58th Armored Infantry Battalion, an element of the 8th Armored Division
Inactivated 11 November 1945 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey
Consolidated 10 July 1951 with Company B, 203d Infantry Battalion, and consolidated unit designated as Company B, 58th Armored Infantry Battalion, an element of the 8th Armored Division
2d Battalion
58th Infantry Regiment Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
World War I: *Aisne-Marne; * St. Mihiel; * Meuse-Argonne; * Champagne 1918; * Lorraine 1918
World War II: Aleutian Islands; * Rhineland; * Ardennes-Alsace; * Central Europe
Decorations
None