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Lineage and Honors Information as of 24 June 2016

6th Field Artillery Regiment
(Centaurs)

  • Constituted 25 January 1907 in the Regular Army as the 6th Field Artillery
  • Organized 1 June 1907 from existing units at Fort Riley, Kansas
  • Assigned 8 June 1917 to the 1st Expeditionary Division (later redesignated as the 1st Division)
  • Relieved 16 October 1939 from assignment to the 1st Division
  • Assigned 22 June 1940 to the 8th Division
  • Relieved 20 July 1940 from assignment to the 8th Division
  • Inactivated (less 1st Battalion) 1 August 1940 at Fort Hoyle, Maryland
  • Reorganized and redesignated 4 January 1941 as the 6th Field Artillery Battalion
  • Assigned 8 August 1942 to the 37th Infantry Division
  • Inactivated 13-18 December 1945 at Camp Anza and Camp Stoneman, California
  • Redesignated 24 July 1946 as the 6th Armored Field Artillery Battalion and relieved from assignment to the 37th Infantry Division
  • Activated 1 August 1946 at Fort Sill, Oklahoma
  • Inactivated 25 June 1958 at Fort Sill, Oklahoma
  • Consolidated 1 September 1963 with the 6th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion, the 25th and 45th Antiaircraft Artillery Missile Battalions, and the 53d Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion (all organized in 1898 as the 6th Regiment of Artillery) to form the 6th Artillery, a parent regiment under the combat Arms Regimental System
  • 6th Artillery (less former 6th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion, 25th and 45th Antiaircraft Artillery Missile Battalion, and 53d Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion) reorganized and redesignated 1 September 1971 as the 6th Field Artillery, a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System (former elements concurrently reorganized and redesignated as the 6th Air Defense Artillery-hereafter separate lineage)
  • 6th Field Artillery withdrawn 16 March 1987 from the Combat Arms Regimental System and reorganized under the United States Army Regimental System
  • Redesignated 1 October 2005 as the 6th Field Artillery Regiment

Campaign Participation Credit

  • War of 1812
  • New Orleans
  • Indian Wars
  • Creeks
  • Seminoles
  • Modocs
  • Bannocks
  • Utah 1860
  • Mexican War
  • Monterey
  • Buena Vista
  • Vera Cruz
  • Cerro Gordo
  • Contreras
  • Churubusco
  • Chapultepec
  • Mexico 1847
  • Civil War
  • Peninsula
  • Manassas
  • Antietam
  • Fredericksburg
  • Chancellorsville
  • Gettysburg
  • Wilderness
  • Spotsylvania
  • Cold Harbor
  • Petersburg
  • Maryland 1863
  • Virginia 1863
  • War with Spain
  • Santiago
  • Puerto Rico
  • Mexican Expedition
  • Mexico 1916-1917
  • World War I
  • Montdidier-Noyon
  • Aisne-Marne
  • St. Mihiel
  • Meuse-Argonne
  • Lorraine 1917
  • Lorraine 1918
  • Picardy 1918
  • World War II
  • Northern Solomons
  • Luzon (with arrowhead)
  • Vietnam
  • Defense
  • Counteroffensive
  • Counteroffensive, Phase II
  • Counteroffensive, Phase III
  • Tet Counteroffensive
  • Counteroffensive, Phase IV
  • Counteroffensive, Phase V
  • Counteroffensive, Phase VI
  • Tet 69/Counteroffensive
  • Summer-Fall 1969
  • Winter-Spring 1970
  • Southwest Asia
  • Defense of Saudi Arabia
  • Liberation and Defense of Kuwait
  • Cease-Fire
  • War on Terrorism
  • Iraq:
  • Iraqi Governance
  • National Resolution
  • Afghanistan:
  • Consolidation III
  • (Additional campaigns to be determined)

Decorations

  • Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered DAK TO-BEN HET
  • Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered BAQUBAH, IRAQ
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1966
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1967-1968
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ASIA 2003-2004
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2005-2006
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2007-2008
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN 2008-2009
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN 2010-2011
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN 2013-2014
  • Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 1997
  • Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 2007-2008
  • French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War I, Streamer embroidered LORRAINE-PICARDY
  • French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War I, Streamer embroidered AISNE-MARNE and MEUSE-ARGONNE
  • French Croix de Guerre, World War I, Fourragere
  • Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 1944 TO 4 JULY 1945
  • Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1966-1967

By Order of the Secretary of the Army:

CHARLES R. BOWERY, JR.
Chief of Military History


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