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2ND BATTALION, 4TH MARINES

*****1932 -- 1940*****

ACTIVATED 18 SEPTEMBER 1932 AT SHANGHAI, CHINA AS THE 2ND BATTALION, 4TH MARINES

PARTICIPATED IN THE PROTECTION OF THE INTERNATIONAL SETTLEMENT OF SHANGHAI CHINA AUGUST -- NOVEMBER 1937

ASSIGNED 20 SEPTEMBER 1937 TO THE 2ND MARINE BRIGADE

DETACHED 19 FEBRUARY 1938 FROM THE 2ND MARINE BRIGADE

*****1941 -- 1945*****

DEPLOYED DURING DECEMBER 1941 TO THE PHILIPPINES

CAPTURED BY ENEMY FORCES ON 6 MAY 1942--- BATTALION TEMPORARILY CEASED TO EXIST

ADMINISTRATIVELY DETERMINED AS DISBANDED ON 18 JUNE 1942 BY HQ USMC

REACTIVATED 1 FEBRUARY 1944 ON GUADALCANAL BY

REDESIGNATION OF THE 4TH BATTALION, 1ST RAIDER REGIMENT

ASSIGNED 19 APRIL 1944 TO THE 1ST PROVISIONAL MARINE BRIGADE

REASSIGNED ON 8 SEPTEMBER 1944 TO THE 6TH MARINE DIVISION

PARTICIPATED IN THE FOLLOWING WORLD WAR II CAMPAIGNS:

PHILIPPINES--NEW GEORGIA--SOLOMON ISLANDS--BISMARCK ARCHIPELAGO--GUAM--OKINAWA

PARTICIPATED IN THE OCCUPATION OF JAPAN, AUGUST — DECEMBER 1945

*****1946 -- 1947*****

RELOCATED DURING JANUARY 1946 TO CAMP PENDLETON, CALIFORNIA

DEACTIVATED 31 JANUARY 1946

REACTIVATED 8 MARCH 1946 AT TSINGTAO, CHINA AND ASSIGNED TO THE 6TH MARINE DIVISION

REASSIGNED 1 APRIL 1946 TO THE 3D MARINE BRIGADE

REASSIGNED 10 JUNE 1946 TO THE 1ST MARINE DIVISION

RELOCATED DURING OCTOBER 1946 TO CAMP LEJEUNE, NORTH CAROLINA

REASSIGNED 1 OCTOBER TO THE 2ND MARINE DIVISION

DEACTIVATED 18 NOVEMBER 1947

*****1952 -- 1964*****

REACTIVATED 30 OCTOBER 1952 AT CAMP PENDLETON, CALIFORNIA AND

ASSIGNED TO THE 3RD MARINE DIVISION

DEPLOYED DURING AUGUST 1953 TO CAMP NARA, JAPAN

REDEPLOYED DURING FEBRUARY 1955 TO KANEOHE BAY, HAWAII

REASSIGNED 4 FEBRUARY 1955 TO THE 1ST PROVISIONAL MARINE AIR-GROUND TASK FORCE

1ST PROVISIONAL MARINE AIR-GROUND TASK FORCE REDESIGNATED

1 MAY 1956 AS THE 1ST MARINE BRIGADE

*****1965 -- 1970*****

REDEPLOYED DURING MARCH 1965 TO OKINAWA

DETACHED 7 MAY 1965 FROM THE 1ST MARINE BRIGADE AND REASSIGNED TO THE 3D MARINE DIVISION

REDEPLOYED DURING MAY 1965 TO THE REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM

PARTICIPATED IN THE WAR IN VIETNAM. OPERATING FROM:

CHU LAI --DA NANG --QUANG NGAI CITY --C0N THIEN --CAM LO --PHU BAI

REDEPLOYED DURING NOVEMBER 1969 TO CAMP HANSEN OKINAWA

*****1975 -- 1998*****

Participated In The Southeast Asia Evacuations, March - April 1975

Elements Of The Battalion Participated In The Mayaguez Operation, May 1975

Relocated July 1978 To Camp Schwab, Okinawa

Participated In The Battalion Rotation Between The 3rd Marine Division On Okinawa and
Divisions Stationed In The United States During The Early 1980's

Participated In The Rotation Of Infantry Battalions Assigned To Marine Expeditionary Units
Supporting The US Sixth Fleet During The Late 1980's and Early 1990's

Participated In Operation Sharp Edge, Liberia, May - August 1990

Relocated During September 1990 To Camp LeJeune North Carolina, And Re-assigned To The
8th Marines, 2nD Marine Division

Participated In Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm, Southwest Asia,
December 1990 - April 1991

Participated In Operation Sea Signal, Cuba June - August 1994

Re-assigned During September 1994 To The 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division
And Relocated To Camp Pendleton California

*****November 10, 1998*****

Deployed To The Persian Gulf With The 31st MEU Providing Ground Support
To The Country Of Kuwait During Operation Desert Fox

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Honors Awarded

Presidential Unit Citation Streamer With 2 Bronze Stars World War II and Okinawa 1945
Vietnam 1965-1967,1966-1967

Presidential Unit Citation (Army) Streamer With One Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster
   World War II
   Philippines 1941-1942
   Philippines 1942

Navy Unit Commendation Streamer With One Silver Star
   World War II
   Guam 1944
   Vietnam 1965,1968
   Southeast Asia Evacuations 1975
   Liberia 1990
   Southwest Asia 1990-1991

Meritorious Unit Commendation Streamer With One Bronze Star
Vietnam 1968
Southeast Asia Evacuations 1975

Marine Corps Expeditionary Streamer With One Bronze Star

Yangtze Service Streamer

China Service Streamer With One Bronze Star

American Defense Service Streamer With One Bronze Star

Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Streamer With One Silver Star

World War II Victory Streamer

Navy Occupation Service Streamer With "Asia"

National Defense Service Streamer With Two Bronze Stars

Armed Forces Expeditionary Streamer With One Bronze Star

Vietnam Service Streamer With Two Silver And One Bronze Star

Southwest Asia Service Streamer With Three Bronze Stars

Philippine Defense Streamer With One Bronze Star

Philippine Presidential Unit Citation Streamer

Vietnam Cross Of Gallantry With Palm Streamer

Vietnam Meritorious Unit Citation Civil Actions Streamer

bATTALION cOMMANDERS OF 2/4

The entries appearing for 21 April 1911 thru 3 Oct 1927 are correct in listing these men as Battalion Commanders of 2/4 although the Second Battalion, 4th Marines as known today did not exist until September 1932.

Capt William W. Low        21 April 1911 – 11 June 1911
Maj William N. McKeivy        21 April 1914 – 17 Feb 1916
Maj Melville J. Shaw        20 Feb 1916 – 05 Dec 1916
Capt Robert B. Farquharson        07 Dec 1916 – 29 Jan 1917
Maj William H. Pritchett        31 Jan 1917 – 07 Mar 1917
Capt Charles F. Williams        14 May 1917 – 01 July 1917
Maj William H. Pritchett        17 July 1917 – 31 July 1917
Maj Robert B. Miller        07 Aug 1917 – 18 Sept 1917
Capt Robert B. Farquharson        04 Oct 1917 – 02 Aug 1918
Maj Gerald A. Johnson        01 Sept 1921 – 14 Dec 1921
Maj Adolph B. Miller        15 Dec 1924 – 19 June 1925
Maj Francis T. Evans        20 June 1925 – 22 Feb 1926
Capt John Waller        23 Mar 1926 – 01 Mar 1926
Capt Theodore A. Secore        02 Mar 1926 – 19 April 1926
Maj Benjamin A. Moeller        20 April 1926 - 13 June 1926
Maj Edwoard M. Reno        14 June 1926 – 05 July 1926
Maj Benjamin A. Moeller        06 July 1926 – 08 Aug 1926
Capt Theodore A. Secore        12 Aug 1926 – 27 Oct 1926
LtCol Ellis B. Miller        19 Feb 1926 – 03 Mar 1927
Maj Edward M. Reno        04 Mar 1927 – 31 Mar 1927
Maj John L. Doxey        01 April 1927 – 03 Oct 1927
Maj Lyle H. Miller        18 Sept 1932 – 06 Mar 1934
Maj Julian P. Wilcox        06 Mar 1934 – 28 Dec 1934
LtCol John B. Sebree        29 Dec 1934 – 30 Oct 1936
Maj Raymond E. Knapp        31 Oct 1936 – 02 Nov 1936
LtCol Roswell Winans        03 Nov 1936 – 31 Jan 1938
LtCol Clifton B. Cates        01 Feb 1938 – 17 May 1939
LtCol Robert M. Montague        18 May 1939 – 25 June 1940
Maj James S. Monahan        26 June 1940 – 18 July 1940
Capt Lewis B. Puller        19 July 1940 – 26 Aug 1940
LtCol Donald Curtis        27 July 1940 – 14 April 1941
LtCol Herman R. Anderson        14 April 1941 – 06 May 1942
Maj John S. Messer        01 Feb 1944 – 20 Nov 1944
LtCol Reynolds H. Hayden        21 Nov 1944 – 26 May 1945
Maj Edgar F. Carney Jr.        27 May 1945 – 30 Jan 1946
LtCol John G. Johnson        08 Mar 1946 – 12 April 1946
Maj Jeff P. Overstreet        13 April 1946 – 21 April 1946
LtCol John E. Weber        22 April 1946 – 05 Aug 1946
LtCol Edwin C. Godbold        06 Aug 1946 – 15 Aug 1946
LtCol Theodore F. Beeman        16 Aug 1946 – 12 Oct 1946
LtCol Fredrick Belton        19 Oct 1946 – 10 July 1947
LtCol James C. Murray Jr.        11 July 1947 – 01 Sept 1947
LtCol Gordon E. Hendricks        02 Sept 1947 – 17 Nov 1947
LtCol George C. Ryffel        30 Oct 1952 – 11 July 1953
LtCol George M. Dawes        12 July 1953 – 23 Jan 1954
LtCol George P. Wolf Jr.        24 Jan 1954 – 10 July 1954
Maj George W. McHenry        11 July 1954 – 12 July 1954
LtCol James T. Kisgen        13 July 1954 – 07 Jan 1955
LtCol Frank H. Vogel Jr.        08 Jan 1955 – 07 June 1955
Maj Paul M. Moriarty        08 June 1955 –26 July 1955
Maj Arthur W. Zimmerman        27 July 1955 – 21 Mar 1956
LtCol Alex H. Sawyer        22 Mar 1956 – 16 July 1956
LtCol Quintin A. Bradley        17 July 1956 – 01 July 1957
Maj Leo V. Gross        02 July 1957 – 13 July 1957
LtCol Foster C. LaHue        14 June 1957 – 15 Aug 1958
LtCol John S. Hudson        16 Aug 1958 – 15 June 1959
LtCol Theodore D. Hess        16 June 1959 – 24 July 1959
LtCol Roy H. Thompson        25 July 1959 – 31 May 1960
Maj Don H. Blanchard        01 June 1960 – 25 July 1960
LtCol Richard L. Kuhn        26 July 1960 – 06 Feb 1962
LtCol Carrol D. Rowe        07 Feb 1962 – 11 June 1962
LtCol William N. Draper        12 June 1962 – 04 May 1963
Maj Ralph M. Head        05 May 1963 – 10 Sept 1963
LtCol Donald T. Doxey        11 Sept 1963 – 03 June 1964
LtCol Joseph R. Fisher        04 June 1964 – 16 Oct 1965
LtCol Rodolfo L. Travino        17 Oct 1965 – 21 Feb 1966
LtCol Paul X. Kelley        22 Feb 1966 – 06 July 1966
LtCol Arnold E. Bench        7 July 1966 – 15 July 1966
Maj Wells Field III        16 July 1967 – 18 July 1967
LtCol James W. Hammond Jr.        19 July 1967 – 27 Oct 1967
LtCol William Weise        28 Oct 1967 – 02 May 1968
Maj Charles W. Knapp        03 May 1968 – 05 May 1968
LtCol Louis A. Rann        06 May 1968 – 30 Sept 1968
Maj John E. O’Neill        01 Oct 1968 – 14 Oct 1968
Maj William L. Kent        15 Oct 1968 – 11 Nov 1968
LtCol Joseph E. Hopkins        12 Nov 1968 – 06 May 1969
LtCol William C. Britt        07 May 1969 – 06 Sept 1969
LtCol Donald J. Garrett        07 Sept 1969 – 10 Mar 1970
LtCol Michael J. Gott        11 Mar 1970 – 31 Aug 1970
Maj John M. Keenan        01 Sept 1970 – 08 Sept 1970
LtCol William H. Nulty        09 Sept 1970 – 19 July 1971
LtCol John Phillips        20 July 1971 – 24 June 1972
LtCol Robert W. Kirby        25 June 1972 – 24 May 1973
LtCol James C. Page        25 May 1973 – 28 Aug 1973
LtCol Carl E. Mundy Jr.        29 Aug 1973 – 21 Aug 1974
LtCol George P. Slade        22 Aug 1974 – 10 July 1975
LtCol Roger C. Hagerty        11 July 1975 – 01 July 1976
LtCol Thomas C. Dolson        02 July 1976 – 20 Mar 1977
LtCol Robert B. Alexander        21 Mar 1977 – 07 Feb 1978
LtCol D.E. Stout        08 Feb 1978 – 15 July 1978
LtCol J.R. Curnutt        16 July 1978 – 31 July 1978
LtCol J.P. Brickley        01 Aug 1978 – 30 May 1979
LtCol J.H. Redgate        22 June 1979 – 30 May 1980
LtCol M.E. Smith        31 May 1980 – 09 May 1981
LtCol J.W. Murphy        10 May 1981 – 18 Dec 1983
LtCol K.D. Schreiber        19 Dec 1983 – 03 Feb 1984
LtCol J.D. Steel        04 Feb 1984 – 11 May 1984
LtCol R.L. Jaehne        12 May 1984 – 10 April 1986
LtCol R.L. Carter        11 April 1986 – 02 Oct 1987
LtCol S.L. Jensen        03 Oct 1987 – 24 Mar 1989
LtCol R.L. Pugh        25 Mar 1989 – 30 June 1990
LtCol K.A. Conry        01 July 1990 – 28 July 1992
LtCol T.C. Conway        29 July 1992 – 11 Mar 1994
LtCol J.R. Allen        12 Mar 1994 – 24 July 1994
LtCol J.W. Foley        02 Sept 1994 – 22 Dec 1994
LtCol J.L. Durant        23 Dec 1994 – 06 June 1997
LtCol P.A. Hand        07 June 1997 – 13 July 1999
LtCol R. F. Baczkowski        14 July 1999 – 12 April 2001
LtCol Andrew H. Schlaepfer        13 April 2001 –

Lt Col Andrew R. MacMannis - present