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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