Lineage and Honors Information as of 22 Sept 2021
1st Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment
- Constituted 15 November 1941 in the Army of the United States as Company B, 87th Infantry Mountain Regiment, and activated at Fort Lewis, Washington
- Redesignated 12 May 1942 as Company B, 87th Mountain Infantry
- Reorganized and redesignated 22 February 1944 as Company B, 87th Infantry, an element of the 10th Light Division
- Reorganized and redesignated 6 November 1944 as Company B, 87th Mountain Infantry, an element of the 10th Mountain Division
- Inactivated 21 November 1945 at Camp Carson, Colorado
- Redesignated 18 June 1948 as Company B, 87th Infantry, an element of the 10th Infantry Division
- Allotted 25 June 1948 to the Regular Army
- Activated 1 July 1948 at Fort Riley, Kansas
- Inactivated 1 July 1957 in Germany and relieved from assignment to the 10th Infantry Division; concurrently redesignated as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2d Battle Group, 87th Infantry
- Redesignated 25 January 1963 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2d Battalion, 87th Infantry, and assigned to the 2d Infantry Division (organic elements concurrently constituted)
- Battalion activated 15 February 1963 at Fort Benning, Georgia
- Relieved 4 September 1963 from assignment to the 2d Infantry Division and assigned to the 8th Infantry Division
- Inactivated 1 May 1966 in Germany
- Activated 31 August 1973 in Germany
- Inactivated 16 June 1986 in Germany and relieved from assignment to the 8th Infantry Division
- Assigned 2 May 1988 to the 10th Mountain Division and activated at Fort Drum, New York
- Relieved 16 September 2004 from assignment to the 10th Mountain Division and assigned to the 3d Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division
- Redesignated 1 October 2005 as the 2d Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment
- Relieved 16 October 2014 from assignment to the 3d Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division and assigned to the 2d Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division
Campaign Participation Credit
- World War II
- Aleutian Islands
- North Apennines
- Po Valley
- Armed Forces Expeditions
- Somalia
- War on Terrorism
- Afghanistan:
- Consolidation I
- Consolidation II
- Consolidation III
- (Additional campaigns to be determined)
Decorations
- Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered PAKTIKA AND HELMAND PROVINCES 2006-2007
- Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered WARDAK PROVINCE, AFGHANISTAN 2009
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN 2003-2004
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN 2006-2007
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN 2016
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN 2018-2019
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
CHARLES R. BOWERY, JR.
Chief of Military History