43d Air Defense Artillery
Lineage and Honors Information as of 6 October 2008
43d Air Defense Artillery Lineage
Constituted 29 June 1918 in the Regular Army as the 43d Artillery (Coast Artillery Corps)
Organized 7 August 1918 in France from existing Regular Army units and one New York National Guard company
(National Guard company demobilized in February 1919; regiment continued on active status)
Inactivated 17 August 1921 at Camp Eustis, Virginia
Redesignated 1 July 1924 as the 43d Coast Artillery
Disbanded 14 June 1944
43d Coast Artillery reconstituted 28 June 1950 in the Regular Army; regiment concurrently broken up and its elements redesignated as follows:
Headquarters and Headquarters Battery as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 43d Artillery Group
1st Battalion consolidated with the 43d Field Artillery Battalion (see ANNEX 1) and consolidated unit designated as the 43d Field Artillery Battalion, an element of the 8th Infantry Division
2d Battalion consolidated with the 61st Field Artillery Battalion (active) (see ANNEX 2) and consolidated unit designated as the 61st Field Artillery Battalion, an element of the 1st Cavalry Division
3d Battalion consolidated with the 64th Field Artillery Battalion (active) (see ANNEX 3) and consolidated unit designated as the 64th Field Artillery Battalion, an element of the 25th Infantry Division
After 28 June 1950 the above units underwent changes as follows:
43d Field Artillery Battalion activated 17 August 1950 at Fort Jackson, South Carolina
Inactivated 1 August 1957 in Germany and relieved from assignment to the 8th Infantry Division
61st Field Artillery Battalion inactivated 15 October 1957 in Japan and relieved from assignment to the 1st Cavalry Division
64th Field Artillery Battalion inactivated 1 February 1957 in Hawaii and relieved from assignment to the 25th Infantry Division
Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 43d Artillery Group, and the 43d, 61st, and 64th Field Artillery Battalions consolidated, reorganized, and redesignated August 1958-July 1959 as the 43d Artillery, a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System
Redesignated 1 September 1971 as the 43d Air Defense Artillery
Withdrawn 16 March 1989 from the Combat Arms Regimental System and reorganized under the United States Army Regimental System
Redesignated 1 October 2005 as the 43d Air Defense Artillery Regiment
ANNEX 1
Constituted 1 October 1933 in the Regular Army as the 43d Field Artillery
Redesignated 13 January 1941 as the 43d Field Artillery Battalion
Assigned 1 June 1941 to the 8th Division (later redesignated as the 8th Infantry Division) and activated at Fort Jackson, South Carolina
Inactivated 20 October 1945 at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri
ANNEX 2
Constituted 16 December 1940 in the Regular Army as the 61st Field Artillery Battalion
Assigned 3 January 1941 to the 1st Cavalry Division and activated at Fort Bliss, Texas
ANNEX 3
Constituted 26 August 1941 in the Regular Army as the 64th Field Artillery Battalion and assigned to the 25th Infantry Division
Activated 1 October 1941 in Hawaii
43d Air Defense Artillery Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
World War I: St. Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne; Lorraine 1918
World War II: Normandy; Northern France; Rhineland; Central Europe; Central Pacific; Guadalcanal; Northern Solomons; New Guinea; Bismarck Archipelago; Leyte (with arrowhead); Luzon
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
Southwest Asia: Defense of Saudi Arabia; Liberation and Defense of Kuwait; Cease-Fire
War on Terrorism: Global War on Terrorism (additional campaigns to be determined)
Decorations
Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered GUADALCANAL
Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered NAM RIVER
Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered PAKCHON, KOREA
Presidential Unit Citation (Navy), Streamer embroidered WONJU-HWACHON
Presidential Unit Citation (Navy), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2003
Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered SAUDI ARABIA AND BAHRAIN 1991
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA 2002-2003
Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 1992-1993
Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 1998-1999
Navy Unit Commendation, Streamer embroidered PANMUNJOM
Air Force Outstanding Unit Award, Streamer embroidered ALASKA