Lineage And Honors Information
Lineage and Honors Information as of 17 August 2015
4th Battalion, 3d Infantry Regiment
(The Old Guard)
- Constituted 3 June 1784 in the Regular Army as a company of the First American Regiment
- Organized by September 1784 in Pennsylvania or New Jersey
- Redesignated 29 September 1789 as a company of the Regiment of Infantry
- Redesignated 3 March 1791 as a company of the 1st Infantry
- Redesignated in 1792 as a company of the Infantry of the 1st Sub-Legion
- Redesignated 31 October 1796 as a company of the 1st Infantry
- Consolidated May-October 1815 with a company of the 5th Infantry (constituted 12 April 1808), a company of the 17th Infantry (constituted 11 January 1812), a company of the 19th Infantry (constituted 26 June 1812), and a company of the 28th Infantry (constituted 29 January 1813) to form a company of the 3d Infantry
- Designated 22 May 1816 as Company D, 3d Infantry
- Consolidated 16 December 1869 with part of Company A, 37th Infantry (see ANNEX) and consolidated unit designated as Company D, 3d Infantry
- (3d Infantry assigned 24 March 1923 to the 7th Division; relieved 15 August 1927 from assignment to the 7th Division and assigned to the 6th Division; relieved 1 October 1933 from assignment to the 6th Division and assigned to the 7th Division; relieved 16 October 1939 from assignment to the 7th Division and assigned to the 6th Division; relieved 10 May 1941 from assignment to the 6th Division)
- Inactivated 1 June 1941 at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri
- Activated 14 February 1942 in Newfoundland
- Inactivated 20 November 1946 in Germany
- Activated 6 April 1948 at Fort Myer, Virginia
- Inactivated 1 July 1957 at Fort Myer, Virginia; concurrently, redesignated as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 4th Battle Group, 3d Infantry
- Redesignated 15 April 1966 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 4th Battalion, 3d Infantry (organic elements concurrently constituted)
- Battalion activated 1 July 1966 in Hawaii and assigned to the 11th Infantry Brigade
- Relieved 15 February 1969 from assignment to the 11th Infantry Brigade and assigned to the 23d Infantry Division
- Inactivated 30 November 1971 at Fort Lewis, Washington, and relieved from assignment to the 23d Infantry Division
- Redesignated 1 October 2005 as the 4th Battalion, 3d Infantry Regiment
- Activated 16 October 2006 at Fort Myer, Virginia
- ANNEX
- Constituted 3 May 1861 in the Regular Army as Company A, 3d Battalion, 19th Infantry
- Organized 6 May 1865 at Fort Wayne, Michigan
- Reorganized and redesignated 23 November 1866 as Company A, 37th Infantry
- Consolidated 16 December 1869 with Company D and Company K, 3d Infantry and consolidated units designated as Company D and Company K, 3d Infantry (Company K, 3d Infantry--hereafter separate lineage)
Campaign Participation Credit
- War of 1812
- Canada
- Chippewa
- Lundy’s Lane
- Mexican War
- Palo Alto
- Resaca de la Palma
- Monterey
- Vera Cruz
- Cerro Gordo
- Contreras
- Churubusco
- Chapultepec
- Civil War
- Bull Run
- Peninsula
- Manassas
- Antietam
- Fredericksburg
- Chancellorsville
- Gettysburg
- Appomattox
- Texas 1861
- Florida 1861
- Florida 1862
- Virginia 1863
- Indian Wars
- Miami
- Seminoles
- Comanches
- New Mexico 1856
- New Mexico 1857
- New Mexico 1858
- New Mexico 1860
- Kansas 1868
- Montana 1887
- War with Spain
- Santiago
- Philippine Insurrection
- Malolos
- San Isidro
- Luzon 1899
- Luzon 1900
- Jolo 1911
- World War II
- American Theater, Streamer
- without inscription
- Northern France
- Vietnam
- 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
- Consolidation I
Decorations
- Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 2011-2013
- Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1968-1969
- Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1969-1970
- Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM FEBRUARY-APRIL 1971
- Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM MAY-JUNE 1971
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
RICHARD W. STEWART
Chief of Military History