Lineage and Honors Information as of 1 February 2011
4th BATTALION, 23d INFANTRY REGIMENT
Constituted 3 May 1861 in the Regular Army as Company D, 1st Battalion, 14th Infantry
Organized 8 July 1861 at Fort Trumbull, Connecticut
Redesignated 30 April 1862 as Company D, 2d Battalion, 14th Infantry
Redesignated 21 September 1866 as Company D, 23d Infantry
(23d Infantry assigned 22 September 1917 to the 2d Division [later redesignated as the 2d Infantry Division])
Inactivated 20 June 1957 at Fort Richardson, Alaska, and relieved from assignment to the 2d Infantry Division; concurrently, redesignated as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 4th Battle Group, 23d Infantry
Activated 25 January 1963 at Fort Richardson, Alaska (organic elements concurrently constituted and activated)
Assigned 20 May 1963 to the 172d Infantry Brigade
Reorganized and redesignated 1 July 1963 as the 4th Battalion, 23d Infantry
Relieved 14 January 1966 from assignment to the 172d Infantry Brigade and assigned to the 25th Infantry Division
Inactivated 5 June 1972 at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii
Relieved 2 August 1972 from assignment to the 25th Infantry Division and assigned to the 172d Infantry Brigade; concurrently, activated at Fort Richardson, Alaska
Inactivated 6 January 1983 at Fort Richardson, Alaska, and relieved from assignment to the 172d Infantry Brigade
Assigned 21 January 1983 to the 9th Infantry Division and activated at Fort Lewis, Washington
Inactivated 28 September 1990 at Fort Lewis, Washington, and relieved from assignment to the 9th Infantry Division
Assigned 16 March 2004 to the 172d Infantry Brigade [later redesignated as the 172d Infantry Brigade Combat Team] and activated at Fort Richardson, Alaska
Redesignated 1 October 2005 as the 4th Battalion, 23d Infantry Regiment
Inactivated 16 December 2006 at Fort Wainwright, Alaska, and relieved from assignment to the 172d Infantry Brigade Combat Team
Assigned 17 April 2007 to the 5th Brigade Combat Team, 2d Infantry Division, and activated at Fort Lewis, Washington
Relieved 22 July 2010 from assignment to the 5th Brigade Combat Team, 2d Infantry Division, and assigned to the 2d Brigade Combat Team, 2d Infantry Division
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
Civil War
*Peninsula
*Manassas
*Antietam
*Fredericksburg
Chancellorsville
Gettysburg
Wilderness
Spotsylvania
Cold Harbor
Petersburg
*Virginia 1862
Virginia 1863
Indian Wars
Little Big Horn
*Arizona 1866
*Idaho 1868
War with Spain
*Manila
Philippine Insurrection
Manila
*Malolos
Mindanao
Jolo
*Jolo 1903
World War I
*Aisne
*Aisne-Marne
*St. Mihiel
*Meuse-Argonne
*Ile de France 1918
*Lorraine 1918
World War II
*Normandy
*Northern France
*Rhineland
*Ardennes-Alsace
*Central Europe
Korean War
*UN Defensive
*UN Offensive
*CCF Intervention
*First UN Counteroffensive
*CCF Spring Offensive
*UN Summer-Fall Offensive
*Second Korean Winter
*Korea, Summer-Fall 1952
*Third Korean Winter
*Korea, Summer 1953
Vietnam
*Counteroffensive
*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
Campaigns to be determined
DECORATIONS
Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered BREST, FRANCE
*Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered WIRTZFELD, BELGIUM
Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered KRINKELTER WALD, BELGIUM
Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered ST. VITH
Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered TWIN TUNNELS
*Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered CHIPYONG-NI
*Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered HONGCHON
*Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered SAIGON
*Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered TAY NINH PROVINCE
*Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered NINEVEH PROVINCE AND BAGHDAD
*French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War I, Streamer embroidered CHATEAU THIERRY
*French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War I, Streamer embroidered AISNE-MARNE
*French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War I, Streamer embroidered MEUSE-ARGONNE
*French Croix de Guerre, World War I, Fourragere
*Belgian Fourragere 1940
*Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in the Ardennes
*Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action at Elsenborn Crest
*Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered NAKTONG RIVER LINE
*Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 1950-1952
*Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 1950-1953
*Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 1952-1953
*Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1966-1968
*Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1968-1970
*Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1966-1970
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
PETER D. CREAN
COL, LG
Director, Center of Military History