Lineages and Honors Information
Infantry
Lineage and Honors Information as of 22 Sept 2021
2nd Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment
(Currahee)
- Constituted 1 July 1942 in the Army of the United States as Company B, 506th Parachute Infantry
- Activated 20 July 1942 at Camp Toccoa, Georgia
- (506th Parachute Infantry assigned 1 March 1945 to the 101st Airborne Division)
- Inactivated 30 November 1945 in France
- Redesignated 18 June 1948 as Company B, 506th Airborne Infantry
- Allotted 25 June 1948 to the Regular Army
- Activated 6 July 1948 at Camp Breckinridge, Kentucky
- Inactivated 1 April 1949 at Camp Breckinridge, Kentucky
- Activated 25 August 1950 at Camp Breckinridge, Kentucky
- Inactivated 1 December 1953 at Camp Breckinridge, Kentucky
- Activated 15 May 1954 at Fort Jackson, South Carolina
- Inactivated 25 April 1957 at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, and relieved from assignment to the 101st Airborne Division; concurrently reorganized and redesignated as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2d Airborne Battle Group, 506th Infantry
- Redesignated 21 January 1964 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2d Battalion, 506th Infantry, and assigned to the 101st Airborne Division (organic elements concurrently constituted)
- Battalion activated 3 February 1964 at Fort Campbell, Kentucky
- Inactivated 31 July 1972 at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, and relieved from assignment to the 101st Airborne Division
- Assigned 30 September 2005 to the 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, and activated at Fort Campbell, Kentucky
- Redesignated 1 October 2005 as the 2d Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment
- Relieved 18 April 2014 from assignment to the 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division and assigned to the 3d Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division
Campaign Participation Credit
- World War II
- Normandy (with arrowhead)
- Rhineland (with arrowhead)
- Ardennes-Alsace
- Central Europe
- 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
- Consolidation II
- War on Terrorism
- Campaigns to be determined
Decorations
- Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered NORMANDY
- Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered BASTOGNE
- Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered TRANG BANG
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1968
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2005-2006
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN 2008-2009
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN 2010-2011
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN 2013
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN 2016-2017
- French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II, Streamer embroidered NORMANDY
- Netherlands Orange Lanyard
- Belgian Croix de Guerre 1940 with Palm, Streamer embroidered BASTOGNE; cited in the order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action at Bastogne
- Belgian Fourragere 1940
- Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in France and Belgium
- Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1968
- Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1968-1969
- Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1971
- Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1968-1970
- Companies A and D each additionally entitled to:
- Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered DONG AP BIA MOUNTAIN
- Company C additionally entitled to:
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ DEC 2005-NOV 2006
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
CHARLES R. BOWERY, JR.
Chief of Military History