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Lineage and Honors Information as of 12 November 2013

2d BATTALION,
39th INFANTRY REGIMENT
(AAA-O)

  • Constituted 15 May 1917 in the Regular Army as Company B, 39th Infantry
  • Organized 1 June 1917 at Syracuse, New York
  • (39th Infantry assigned 19 November 1917 to the 4th Division)
  • Inactivated 21 September 1921 at Camp Lewis, Washington
  • (39th Infantry relieved 15 August 1927 from assignment to the 4th Division and assigned to the 7th Division; relieved 1 October 1933 from assignment to the 7th Division and assigned to the 4th Division; relieved 1 August 1940 from assignment to the 4th Division and assigned to the 9th Division [later redesignated as the 9th Infantry Division])
  • Activated 9 August 1940 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina
  • Inactivated 30 November 1946 in Germany
  • Activated 15 July 1947 at Fort Dix, New Jersey
  • Reorganized and redesignated 1 April 1957 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2d Battle Group, 39th Infantry; relieved from assigned to the 9th Infantry Division, and assigned to the 4th Infantry Division (organic elements concurrently constituted and activated)
  • Inactivated 1 October 1963 at Fort Lewis, Washington, and relieved from assignment to the 4th Infantry Division
  • Redesignated 1 February 1966 as the 2d Battalion, 39th Infantry, assigned to the 9th Infantry Division, and activated at Fort Riley, Kansas
  • Inactivated 25 September 1969 at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii
  • Activated 21 April 1972 at Fort Lewis, Washington
  • Inactivated 21 January 1983 at Fort Lewis, Washington, and relieved from assignment to the 9th Infantry Division
  • Headquarters transferred 3 April 1987 to the United States Army Training and Doctrine Command and activated at Fort Dix, New Jersey
  • Battalion redesignated 1 October 2005 as the 2d Battalion, 39th Infantry Regiment

Campaign Participation Credit

  • World War I
  • *Aisne-Marne
  • *St. Mihiel
  • *Meuse-Argonne
  • *Champagne 1918
  • *Lorraine 1918
  • World War II
  • *Algeria-French Morocco
  • (with arrowhead)
  • *Tunisia
  • *Sicily
  • *Normandy
  • *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

Decorations

  • *Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered COTENTIN PENINSULA
  •   Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered LE DESERT
  • *Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered CHERENCE LE ROUSSEL
  • *Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered DINH TUONG PROVINCE
  • *Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered BEN TRE CITY
  • *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 SAINT JACQUES DE NEHOU
  • *French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II, Streamer embroidered CHERENCE LE ROUSSEL
  • *French Croix de Guerre, World War II, Fourragere
  • *Belgian Fourragere 1940
  • *Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action at Meuse River
  • *Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action at the Ardennes
  • *Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1967-1968
  • *Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1968
  • *Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1969
  • *Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1967-1969

By Order of the Secretary of the Army:

Robert J. Dalessandro
Director, Center of Military History


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