Lineage and Honors Information as of 22 March 2021
2d Battalion, 14th Infantry Regiment
(Golden Dragons)
- Constituted 3 May 1861 in the Regular Army as Company B, 2d Battalion, 14th Infantry
- Organized 8 July 1861 at Fort Trumbull, Connecticut
- Reorganized and redesignated 30 April 1862 as Company B, 1st Battalion, 14th Infantry
- Reorganized and redesignated 21 September 1866 as Company B, 14th Infantry
- Consolidated 26 July 1869 with Company A, 45th Infantry, Veteran Reserve Corps (constituted 21 September 1866), and consolidated unit designated as Company B, 14th Infantry
- (14th Infantry assigned 27 July 1918 to the 19th Division; relieved 14 February 1919 from assignment to the 19th Division; assigned 10 July 1943 to the 71st Light Division [later redesignated as the 71st Infantry Division]; relieved 1 May 1946 from assignment to the 71st Infantry Division)
- Inactivated 1 September 1946 in Germany
- Activated 1 October 1948 at Camp Carson, Colorado
- (14th Infantry assigned 1 August 1951 to the 25th Infantry Division)
- Inactivated 1 February 1957 at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, and relieved from assignment to the 25th Infantry Division
- Redesignated 17 May 1957 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2d Battle Group, 14th Infantry (organic elements concurrently constituted)
- Battle Group activated 25 May 1957 at Fort Benning, Georgia
- Assigned 1 July 1958 to the 1st Infantry Brigade
- Inactivated 16 May 1960 at Fort Benning, Georgia
- Relieved 25 June 1960 from assignment to the 1st Infantry Brigade
- Redesignated 21 June 1963 as the 2d Battalion, 14th Infantry, and assigned to the 25th Infantry Division
- Activated 26 August 1963 at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii
- Inactivated 5 June 1972 at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii
- Relieved 17 January 1986 from assignment to the 25th Infantry Division, assigned to the 10th Mountain Division, and activated at Fort Benning, Georgia
- Relieved 16 September 2005 from assignment to the 10th Mountain Division, and assigned to the 2d Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division
- Redesignated 1 October 2005 as the 2d Battalion, 14th Infantry Regiment
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
- Bannocks
- Arizona 1866
- Wyoming 1874
- War with Spain
- Manila
- China Relief Expedition
- Yang-tsun
- Peking
- Philippine Insurrection
- Manila
- Laguna de Bay
- Zapote River
- Cavite
- Luzon 1899
- World War II
- Rhineland
- Central Europe
- Korean War
- 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
- Armed Forces Expeditions
- Somalia
- War on Terrorism
- Campaigns to be determined
Decorations
- Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered MOGADISHU
- Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered EUPHRATES RIVER VALLEY
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2004-2005
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2009-2010
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN 2015-2016
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN 2018-2019
- Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 1997
- Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered MUNSAN-NI
- 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
- Company D additionally entitled to:
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN APR-DEC 2015
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
CHARLES R. BOWERY, JR.
Chief of Military History