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Lineage and Honors Information as of 3 April 2012

1st BATTALION,
7th FIELD ARTILLERY REGIMENT

  • Constituted 1 July 1916 in the Regular Army as Battery A, 7th Field Artillery
  • Organized 9 July 1916 at Fort Sam Houston, Texas
  • (7th Field Artillery assigned 8 June 1917 to the 1st Expeditionary Division [later redesignated as the 1st Infantry Division])
  • Reorganized and redesignated 1 October 1940 as Battery A, 7th Field Artillery Battalion
  • Reorganized and redesignated 15 February 1957 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 1st Howitzer Battalion, 7th Artillery, an element of the 1st Infantry Division (organic elements constituted 8 February 1957 and activated 15 February 1957)
  • (Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 1st Howitzer Battalion, 7th Artillery, consolidated 1 September 1958 with Battery A, 7th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion [organized in 1898], and consolidated unit designated as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 1st Howitzer Battalion, 7th Artillery)
  • Redesignated 20 January 1964 as the 1st Battalion, 7th Artillery
  • Reorganized and redesignated (less former Battery A, 7th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion) 1 September 1971 as the 1st Battalion, 7th Field Artillery (former Battery A, 7th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion, concurrently redesignated as the 1st Battalion, 7th Air Defense Artillery-- hereafter separate lineage)
  • Inactivated 16 April 1983 at Fort Riley, Kansas, and relieved from assignment to the 1st Infantry Division
  • Assigned 1 July 1986 to the 10th Mountain Division and activated at Fort Drum, New York
  • Inactivated 15 December 1995 at Fort Drum, New York, and relieved from assignment to the 10th Mountain Division
  • Assigned 16 February 1996 to the 1st Infantry Division and activated in Germany
  • Redesignated 1 October 2005 as the 1st Battalion, 7th Field Artillery Regiment
  • Relieved 16 March 2008 from assignment to the 1st Infantry Division and assigned to the 2d Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division

Campaign Participation Credit

  • World War I
  • *Montdidier-Noyon
  • *Aisne-Marne
  • *St. Mihiel
  • *Meuse-Argonne
  • *Lorraine 1917
  • *Lorraine 1918
  • *Picardy 1918
  • World War II
  • *Algeria-French Morocco
  •     (with arrowhead)
  • *Tunisia
  • *Sicily (with arrowhead)
  • *Normandy (with arrowhead)
  • *Northern France
  • *Rhineland
  • *Ardennes-Alsace
  • *Central Europe
  • 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
  • War on Terrorism
  • Campaigns to be determined

Decorations

  • *Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered BAYJII, IRAQ
  • *Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1966-1967
  • *Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1967-1968
  • *Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2008-2009
  • *Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 1996-1997
  • *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 with Palm, World War II, Streamer embroidered KASSERINE
  • *French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II, Streamer embroidered NORMANDY
  • *French Medaille Militaire, Fourragere
  • *Belgian Fourragere 1940
  • *Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action at Mons
  • *Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action at Eupen-Malmedy
  • *Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1965-1968
  • *Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1969-1970
  • *Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1965-1970

By Order of the Secretary of the Army:

Robert J. Dalessandro
Director, Center of Military History


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