Constituted 11 January 1812 in the Regular Army as a company of the 8th Infantry

Organized in 1812 in Tennessee, Georgia, or the adjacent territories

Consolidated May-October 1815 with a company of the 24th Infantry (constituted
26 June 1812) and a company of the 39th Infantry (constituted 29 January 1813) to form a company of the 7th Infantry

Designated 21 August 1816 as Company B, 7th Infantry

Consolidated 4 June 1869 with Company B, 36th Infantry (see ANNEX), and consolidated unit designated as Company B, 7th Infantry

(7th Infantry assigned 21 November 1917 to the 3d Division [later redesignated as the 3d Infantry Division])

Reorganized and redesignated 1 July 1957 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2d Battle Group, 7th Infantry, relieved from assignment to the 3d Infantry Division, and assigned to the 10th Infantry Division (organic elements concurrently constituted and activated)

Battle Group inactivated 14 June 1958 at Fort Benning, Georgia

Redesignated 18 April 1963 as the 2d Battalion, 7th Infantry; concurrently relieved from assignment to the 10th Infantry Division and assigned to the 3d Infantry Division

Activated 20 June 1963 in Germany

Inactivated 1 May 1966 in Germany and relieved from assignment to the 3d Infantry Division

Assigned 16 December 1987 to the 24th Infantry Division and activated at Fort Stewart, Georgia

Relieved 16 February 1996 from assignment to the 24th Infantry Division and assigned to the 3d Infantry Division

Relieved 16 March 2004 from assignment to the 3d Infantry Division and assigned to the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 3d Infantry Division

Redesignated 1 October 2005 as the 2d Battalion, 7th Infantry Regiment

 

ANNEX

Constituted 3 May 1861 in the Regular Army as Company B, 3d Battalion, 18th Infantry

Organized in December 1861 at Camp Thomas, Ohio

Reorganized and redesignated 26 December 1866 as Company B, 36th Infantry

Consolidated 4 June 1869 with Company B, 7th Infantry, and consolidated unit designated as Company B, 7th Infantry

 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

 

DECORATIONS

*Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered COLMAR

*Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered CHOKSONG

  Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered SEGOK

  Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered KOWANG-NI

*Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2003

*Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 1994

*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 COLMAR

*French Croix de Guerre, World War II, Fourragere

*Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered UIJONGBU CORRIDOR

*Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered IRON TRIANGLE

*Chryssoun Aristion Andrias (Bravery Gold Medal of Greece), Streamer embroidered KOREA

 Company A and Company C each additionally entitled to:

  Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered IRAQ 1991

Company B additionally entitled to:

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ SEP 2005-SEP 2006

 

BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY: