2d Battalion
9th Infantry
(Manchu)
Lineage and Honors Information as of 6 August 1996
2d Battalion
9th Infantry Lineage
Constituted 3 March 1855 in the Regular Army as Company B, 9th Infantry
Organized 26 March 1855 at Fort Monroe, Virginia
Consolidated in June 1869 with Company B, 27th Infantry (see ANNEX), and consolidated unit designated as Company B, 9th Infantry
(9th Infantry assigned 22 September 1917 to the 2d Division [later redesignated as the 2d Infantry Division])
Inactivated 20 June 1957 at Ladd Air Force Base, Alaska, and relieved from assignment to the 2d Infantry Division; concurrently redesignated as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2d Battle Group, 9th Infantry
Assigned 17 March 1958 to the 2d Infantry Division
Activated 14 June 1958 at Fort Benning, Georgia (organic elements [constituted 4 March 1958] concurrently activated)
Reorganized and redesignated 1 February 1963 as the 2d Battalion, 9th Infantry
Inactivated 21 June 1971 at Fort Lewis, Washington
Activated 15 August 1975 in Korea
Inactivated 15 December 1979 at Fort Riley, Kansas, and relieved from assignment to the 2d Infantry Division
Assigned 29 April 1983 to the 7th Infantry Division and activated at Fort Ord, California
Relieved 16 August 1995 from assignment to the 7th Infantry Division and assigned to the 2d Infantry Division
ANNEX
Constituted 3 May 1861 in the Regular Army as Company B, 2d Battalion, 18th Infantry
Organized in October 1861 at Camp Thomas, Ohio
Reorganized and redesignated 21 September 1866 as Company B, 27th Infantry
2d Battalion
9th Infantry Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
Civil War: * Murfreesborough; * Chickamauga; * Chattanooga; * Atlanta; * Kentucky 1862; * Mississippi 1862; * Tennessee 1863; * Georgia 1864
Indian Wars: Little Big Horn; * Washington 1856; * Washington 1858; * Wyoming 1866; * Wyoming 1867
War with Spain: * Santiago
China Relief Expedition: * Tientsin; * Yang-tsun; * Peking
Philippine Insurrection: * Malolos; San Isidro; * Zapote River; * Tarlac; * Luzon 1899; * Luzon 1900; Samar 1901
World War I: * Aisne; * Aisne-Marne; * St. Mihiel; * Meuse-Argonne; * Ile de France 1918; * Lorraine 1918
World War II: * Normandy (with arrowhead); * Northern France; * Rhineland; * Ardennes-Alsace; * Central Europe
Korean War: * UN Defensive; * UN Offensive; * CCF Intervention; * First UN Counteroffensive; * CCF Spring Offensive; * UN Summer-Fall Offensive; * Second Korean Winter; * Korea, Summer-Fall 1952; * Third Korean Winter; * Korea, Summer 1953
Armed Forces Expeditions: * Panama
Decorations
Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for BREST, FRANCE
Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for SIEGFRIED LINE
Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for ARDENNES
* Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for HONGCHON
* Presidential Unit Citation (Navy) for HWACHON RESERVOIR
* Navy Unit Commendation for PANMUNJOM
* French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War I for CHATEAU THIERRY
* French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War I for AISNE-MARNE
* French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War I for MEUSE-ARGONNE
* French Croix de Guerre, World War I, Fourragere
* Luxembourg Croix de Guerre for LUXEMBOURG
* Belgian Fourragere 1940
* Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in the ARDENNES
* Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action at ELSENBORN CREST
* Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation for NAKTONG RIVER LINE
* Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation for KOREA