3d Battalion
30th Field Artillery
(Hard Chargers)
Lineage and Honors Information as of 26 February 1997
3d Battalion
30th Field Artillery Lineage
Constituted 5 July 1918 in the National Guard as Battery C, 30th Field Artillery, an element of the 10th Division
Organized 10 August 1918 at Camp Funston, Kansas
Demobilized 5 February 1919 at Camp Funston, Kansas
Reconstituted 24 March 1923 in the Regular Army as Battery A, 30th Field Artillery
Activated 4 June 1941 at Camp Roberts, California
Reorganized and redesignated 18 May 1944 as Battery C, 521st Field Artillery Battalion
Redesignated 1 May 1945 as Battery C, 30th Field Artillery Battalion
Inactivated 9 February 1949 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina
Activated 22 February 1950 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina
Reorganized and redesignated 25 June 1958 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 3d Howitzer Battalion, 30th Artillery (organic elements constituted 1 June 1958 and activated 25 June 1958)
Redesignated 13 May 1968 as the 3d Battalion, 30th Artillery
Inactivated 30 June 1971 at Fort Sill, Oklahoma
Redesignated 1 September 1971 as the 3d Battalion, 30th Field Artillery
Headquarters assigned 1 July 1995 to the United States Army Training and Doctrine Command and activated at Fort Sill, Oklahoma
3d Battalion
30th Field Artillery Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
World War II: *Aleutian Islands; Rhineland; Central Europe
Decorations
None