84th Infantry Regiment is a provisional military unit and formation of the Philippine Army organized during WW II to bolster the defense of Lanao Sector.

The idea to form a Bolo Battalion came from Brigadier General Guy O. Fort commander of 81st Infantry Division and Lanao Sector.

[1] Contingents from Parang and Malabang moved northward towards Dansalan to link up with Kawamura detachment who landed in Cagayan de Oro.

[2] This did not prevent Japanese advanced and easily defeated and overwhelmed the defensive position Mitchell put up and eventually captured him.

81st Infantry Division troops including the Moro Battalion, although retreating are still fighting and successful in delaying to move north when ordered to surrender on May 11, 1942.