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


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