Lineage and Honors Information as of 26 June 2013
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
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