Headquarters and Headquarters Battery
17th Fires Brigade
Lineage and Honors Information as of 13 September 2007
Headquarters and Headquarters Battery
17th Fires Brigade Lineage
Constituted 31 July 1918 in the Regular Army as Headquarters, 17th Field Artillery Brigade, and assigned to the
17th Division
Organized 19 August 1918 at Camp Bowie, Texas
Demobilized 8 February 1919 at Fort Sill, Oklahoma
Reconstituted 12 October 1936 in the Regular Army; concurrently consolidated with Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 17th Field
Artillery Brigade (constituted 1 October 1933 in the Regular Army), and consolidated unit designated as Headquarters and
Headquarters Battery, 17th Field Artillery Brigade
Activated 19 January 1943 at Fort Sill, Oklahoma
Reorganized and redesignated 13 March 1944 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, VII Corps Artillery
Inactivated 15 November 1945 at Fort Ord, California
Activated 22 January 1951 at Fort Campbell, Kentucky
Inactivated 21 June 1975 in Germany
Redesignated 21 March 1978 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 17th Field Artillery Brigade
Activated 21 September 1978 in Germany
Reorganized and redesignated 17 July 2007 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 17th Fires Brigade
Headquarters and Headquarters Battery
17th Fires Brigade Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
World War II: Normandy (with arrowhead); Northern France; Rhineland; Ardennes-Alsace; Central Europe
War on Terrorism: Campaigns to be determined
Decorations
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2005-2006