3d Battalion, 43d Air Defense Artillery Regiment
Lineage and Honors Information as of 29 April 2008
3d Battalion,43d Air Defense Artillery Regiment Lineage
Organized 5 August 1916 in the Regular Army at Fort Mills, Philippine Islands, as the Fort Command Company, Fort Mills
Redesignated in December 1916 as the 17th Company, Fort Mills [Philippine Islands]
Redesignated 31 August 1917 as the 17th Company, Coast Defenses of Manila and Subic Bays
Redesignated 30 June 1922 as the 187th Company, Coast Artillery Corps
Inactivated 18 December 1922 at Fort Mills, Philippine Islands
Redesignated 1 July 1924 as Battery F, 43d Coast Artillery
Disbanded 14 June 1944
Reconstituted 28 June 1950 in the Regular Army; concurrently consolidated with Battery B, 64th Field Artillery Battalion (active) (see ANNEX), and consolidated unit designated as Battery B, 64th Field Artillery Battalion, an element of the 25th Infantry Division
Inactivated 1 February 1957 in Hawaii and relieved from assignment to the 25th Infantry Division
Redesignated 12 August 1958 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 3d Missile Battalion, 43d Artillery (organic elements concurrently constituted)
Battalion activated 1 September 1958 at Lumberton, New Jersey
Redesignated 20 December 1965 as the 3d Battalion, 43d Artillery
Redesignated 1 September 1971 as the 3d Battalion, 43d Air Defense Artillery
Inactivated 15 September 1974 at Pedricktown, New Jersey
Activated 1 July 1987 at Fort Bliss, Texas
Redesignated 1 October 2005 as the 3d Battalion, 43d Air Defense Artillery Regiment
ANNEX
Constituted 26 August 1941 in the Regular Army as Battery B, 64th Field Artillery Battalion, an element of the 25th Infantry Division
Activated 1 October 1941 in Hawaii
3d Battalion, 43d Air Defense Artillery Regiment 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
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
*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
*Navy Unit Commendation, Streamer embroidered PANMUNJOM
*Air Force Outstanding Unit Award, Streamer embroidered ALASKA
*Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 1944 TO 4 JULY 1945
*Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered MASAN-CHINJU
*Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered MUNSAN-NI