BATTERY F, 26th FIELD ARTILLERY REGIMENT

Constituted 5 July 1918 in the National Army as Battery F, 26th Field Artillery, an element of the 9th Division
Organized 2 August 1918 at Camp McClellan, Alabama
Demobilized 9 February 1919 at Camp McClellan, Alabama
Reconstituted 24 March 1923 in the Regular Army as Battery E, 26th Field Artillery
(26th Field Artillery assigned 22 July 1929 to the 5th Division; relieved 1 January 1930 from assignment to the 5th Division and assigned to the 9th Division [later redesignated as the 9th Infantry Division])
Activated 1 August 1940 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina
Absorbed 1 October 1940 by Battery C, 26th Field Artillery Battalion (Battery C, 26th Field Artillery, reorganized and redesignated 1 October 1940 as Battery C, 26th Field Artillery Battalion; inactivated 20 November 1946 in Germany; activated 15 July 1947 at Fort Dix, New Jersey)
Former Battery F, 26th Field Artillery, reconstituted 1 December 1957 in the Regular Army and redesignated as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 6th Observation Battalion, 26th Artillery
Redesignated 4 September 1964 as Battery F, 26th Artillery
Activated 25 September 1964 in Germany
Inactivated 5 June 1967 in Germany
Activated 5 February 1968 in Vietnam
Inactivated 31 July 1971 in Vietnam
Redesignated 1 September 1971 as Battery F, 26th Field Artillery
Assigned 16 June 1988 to the 2d Infantry Division and activated in Korea
Inactivated 15 October 2001 in Korea and relieved from assignment to the 2d Infantry Division
Redesignated 1 October 2005 as Battery F, 26th Field Artillery Regiment
Activated 16 July 2007 at Fort Lewis, Washington

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

World War II:
*Algeria-French Morocco (with arrowhead)
*Tunisia
*Sicily
*Normandy
*Northern France
*Rhineland
*Ardennes Alsace
*Central Europe

Vietnam:
*Tet Counteroffensive
*Counteroffensive
Phase IV
*Counteroffensive
Phase V
*Counteroffensive
Phase VI
*Tet 69/Counteroffensive
*Summer-Fall 1969
*Winter-Spring 1970
*Sanctuary Counteroffensive
*Counteroffensive
Phase VII
*Consolidation I

War on Terrorism
Campaigns to be determined

DECORATIONS

*Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2009-2010
*Meritorious Unit Commendation (Navy) for VIETNAM 1968
*Belgian Fourragere 1940
*Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action along the Meuse River
*Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in the Ardennes
*Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm for VIETNAM 1971

BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:

ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Center of Military History