2d Battalion, 36th Infantry Constituted 1 July 1916 in the Regular Army as Company B, 36th Regiment Organized 27 July 1916 at Brownsville, Texas (36th Infantry assigned 5 July 1918 to the 12th Division; relieved 31 January 1919 from assignment to the 12th Division) Inactivated 13 October 1921 at Fort Jay, New York (36th Infantry assigned 24 March 1923 to the 9th Division; relieved 1 August 1940 from assignment to the 9th Division) Activated 15 April 1941 at Camp Beauregard, Louisiana, as Company B, 36th Infantry (Armored), an element of the 3d Armored Division. Redesignated 1 January 1942 as Company B, 36th Armored Infantry Inactivated 10 November 1945 in Germany Redesignated 7 July 1947 as Company B, 36th Armored Infantry Battalion, an element of the 3d Armored Division. Activated 15 July 1947 at Fort Knox, Kentucky Reorganized and redesignated 1 October 1957 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2d Armored Rifle Battalion, 36th Infantry and remained assigned to the 3d Armored Division (organic elements concurrently constituted and activated) Reorganized and redesignated 1 September 1963 as the 2d Battalion, 36th Infantry Inactivated 16 October 1988 in Germany