Lineage and Honors Information as of 23 August 2019
2d Battalion, 32d Field Artillery Regiment
- Constituted 5 July 1918 in the National Army as Battery B, 32d Field Artillery, an element of the 11th Division
- Organized 5 August 1918 at Camp George G. Meade, Maryland
- Demobilized 13 December 1918 at Camp George G. Meade, Maryland
- Reconstituted 22 July 1929 in the Regular Army as Battery B, 32d Field Artillery, an element of the 3d Division
- (32d Field Artillery relieved 1 January 1930 from assignment to the 3d Division; assigned 23 September 1932 to the 3d Division; relieved 1 October 1933 from assignment to the 3d Division)
- Redesignated 1 October 1940 as Battery B, 32d Field Artillery Battalion, and activated at Fort Ethan Allen, Vermont, as an element of the 1st Division (later redesignated as the 1st Infantry Division)
- Inactivated 15 February 1957 at Fort Riley, Kansas, and relieved from assignment to the 1st Infantry Division; concurrently, redesignated as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 2d Battalion, 32d Artillery
- Redesignated 2 June 1958 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 2d Missile Battalion, 32d Artillery (organic elements concurrently constituted)
- Battalion activated 26 June 1958 at Fort Hood, Texas
- Inactivated 1 March 1962 at Fort Hood, Texas
- Redesignated 10 December 1962 as the 2d Battalion, 32d Artillery
- Activated 4 January 1963 at Fort Sill, Oklahoma
- Redesignated 1 September 1971 as the 2d Battalion, 32d Field Artillery
- Inactivated 31 July 1972 at Fort Lewis, Washington
- Activated 16 August 1987 in Germany
- Inactivated 15 December 1993 in Germany
- Redesignated 1 October 2005 as the 2d Battalion, 32d Field Artillery Regiment Activated 16 January 2006 at Fort Riley, Kansas, and assigned to the 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division
- Relieved 16 June 2015 from assignment to the 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division and assigned to the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division
Campaign Participation Credit
- 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
- Sanctuary Counteroffensive
- Counteroffensive, Phase VII
- Consolidation I
- Consolidation II
- War on Terrorism
- Campaigns to be determined
Decorations
- Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered EL GUETTAR
- Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered CU CHI DISTRICT
- Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered TAY NINH PROVINCE
- Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered BAGHDAD 2007-2008
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1965-1966
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1968-1969
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2009-2010
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN 2012-2013
- 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 Croix de Guerre, World War II, 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 1968-1970
- Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1970-1971
- Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1971
- Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1965-1971
- Battery A additionally entitled to:
- Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered TAY NINH PROVINCE 1970
- Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered FISH HOOK
- Battery B additionally entitled to:
- Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered FISH HOOK
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
CHARLES R. BOWERY, JR.
Chief of Military History