Lineage and Honors Information as of 19 April 2010
2d BATTALION, 8th INFANTRY REGIMENT
(fighting eagles)
Constituted 5 July 1838 in the Regular Army as Company B, 8th Infantry, and organized at Detroit, Michigan
Consolidated in May 1869 with Company B, 33d Infantry (see ANNEX), and consolidated unit designated as Company B, 8th Infantry
(8th Infantry assigned 17 December 1917 to the 8th Division; relieved 24 March 1923 from assignment to the 8th Division and assigned to the 4th Division [later redesignated as the 4th Infantry Division])
Inactivated 25 February 1946 at Camp Butner, North Carolina
Activated 15 July 1947 at Fort Ord, California
Inactivated 1 April 1957 at Fort Lewis, Washington, and relieved from assignment to the 4th Infantry Division
Redesignated 1 August 1957 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2d Battle Group, 8th Infantry, assigned to the 8th Infantry Division, and activated in Germany (organic elements concurrently constituted and activated)
Relieved 1 January 1959 from assignment to the 8th Infantry Division and assigned to the 1st Infantry Division
Reorganized and redesignated 1 October 1963 as the 2d Battalion, 8th Infantry; concurrently relieved from assignment to the 1st Infantry Division and assigned to the 4th Infantry Division
Inactivated 13 September 1972 at Fort Carson, Colorado
Activated 1 August 1984 at Fort Carson, Colorado
Inactivated 15 December 1989 at Fort Carson, Colorado, and relieved from assignment to the 4th Infantry Division
Assigned 16 December 1995 to the 2d Armored Division and activated at Fort Hood, Texas
Relieved 16 January 1996 from assignment to the 2d Armored Division and assigned to the 4th Infantry Division
Relieved 16 December 2004 from assignment to the 4th Infantry Division and assigned to the 2d Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division
Redesignated 1 October 2005 as the 2d Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment
ANNEX
Constituted 3 May 1861 in the Regular Army as Company B, 3d Battalion, 15th Infantry
Organized by March 1864 at Fort Adams, Rhode Island
Reorganized and redesignated 21 September 1866 as Company B, 33d Infantry
Consolidated in May 1869 with Company B, 8th Infantry, and consolidated unit designated as Company B, 8th Infantry
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
Mexican War
*Palo Alto
*Resaca de la Palma
*Monterey
*Vera Cruz
*Cerro Gordo
*Churubusco
*Molino del Rey
*Chapultepec
Civil War
Peninsula
Manassas
Antietam
*Fredericksburg
*Chancellorsville
*Gettysburg
*Wilderness
*Atlanta
*Spotsylvania
*Cold Harbor
*Petersburg
*Texas 1861
Indian Wars
*Seminoles
Apaches
*New Mexico 1858
New Mexico 1860
*Montana 1872
Arizona 1876
War with Spain
*Santiago
Philippine Insurrection
Luzon 1901
World War I
*Streamer without inscription
World War II
*Normandy (with arrowhead)
*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
*Winter-Spring 1970
*Sanctuary Counteroffensive
*Counteroffensive, Phase VII
War on Terrorism
Iraq:
*Liberation of Iraq
*Transition of Iraq
(Additional campaigns to be determined)
DECORATIONS
*Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered BEACHES OF NORMANDY
*Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2003-2004
*Belgian Fourragere 1940
*Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in Belgium
*Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in the Ardennes
*Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1966-1969
*Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1969-1970
*Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1966-1969
Company B and Company C each additionally entitled to:
Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered CENTRAL HIGHLANDS
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
JEFFREY J. CLARKE
Chief of Military History