2nd Battalion, 39th Infantry Regiment
LINEAGE
- Constituted May 15, 1917 in the Regular Army as Company B, 39th Infantry
- Organized June 1, 1917 at Syracuse, New York
- (39th Infantry assigned November 19, 1917 to the 4th Division)
- Inactivated September 21, 1921 at Camp Lewis, Washington
- (39th Infantry relieved August 15, 1927 from assignment to the 4th Division and assigned to the 7th Division; relieved October 1, 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 April 1, 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 October 1, 1963 at Fort Lewis, Washington, and relieved from assignment to the 4th Infantry Division
- Redesignated February 1, 1966 as the 2nd Battalion, 39th Infantry, assigned to the 9th Infantry Division, and activated at Fort Riley, Kansas
- Inactivated 25 September 1969 at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii
- Activated April 21, 1972 at Fort Lewis, Washington
- Inactivated January 21, 1983 at Fort Lewis, Washington, and relieved from assignment to the 9th Infantry Division
- Headquarters transferred April 3, 1987 to the United States Army Training and Doctrine Command and activated at Fort Dix, New Jersey
- Battalion redesignated October 1, 2005 as the 2nd 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
WHAT FAMILIES SHOULD KNOW
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2nd Battalion, 39th Infantry Regiment
Phone:
(803) 751-6242
(803) 751-6242
Location:
10400 Tank Hill Parkway,
Fort Jackson, SC 29207
2nd Battalion, 39th Infantry Regiment