Lineages and Honors Information
Field Artillery
Lineage and Honors Information as of 20 Nov 2019
1st Battalion
37th Field Artillery Regiment
- Constituted 5 July 1918 in the National Army as Battery A, 37th Field Artillery, an element of the 13th Division
- Organized 17 August 1918 at Camp Lewis, Washington
- Demobilized 11 February 1919 at Camp Lewis, Washington
- Reconstituted 1 October 1933 in the Regular Army as Battery A, 37th Field Artillery
- Redesignated 1 October 1940 as Battery A, 37th Field Artillery Battalion, an element of the 2d Division (later redesignated as the 2d Infantry Division), and activated at Fort Sam Houston, Texas
- Reorganized and redesignated 20 February 1956 as Battery A, 37th Armored Field Artillery Battalion
- Reorganized and redesignated 20 June 1957 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 1st Howitzer Battalion, 37th Artillery, and relieved from assignment to the 2d Infantry Division (organic elements concurrently constituted and activated)
- Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 1st Howitzer Battalion, 37th Artillery, reorganized and redesignated 16 December 1957 as Battery A, 37th Artillery (remainder of battalion concurrently inactivated)
- Battery A, 37th Artillery, reorganized and redesignated 1 June 1960 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 1st Howitzer Battalion, 37th Artillery (organic elements concurrently activated)
- Battalion assigned 20 May 1963 to the 172d Infantry Brigade
- Redesignated 1 July 1963 as the 1st Battalion, 37th Artillery
- Redesignated 1 September 1971 as the 1st Battalion, 37th Field Artillery
- Relieved 15 April 1986 from assignment to the 172d Infantry Brigade and assigned to the 6th Infantry Division
- Inactivated 2 October 1986 at Fort Richardson, Alaska, and relieved from assignment to the 6th Infantry Division
- Assigned 16 April 1995 to the 2d Infantry Division and activated at Fort Lewis, Washington
- Relieved 27 July 2005 from assignment to the 2d Infantry Division and assigned to the 3d Brigade Combat Team, 2d Infantry Division
- Redesignated 1 October 2005 as the 1st Battalion, 37th Field Artillery Regiment
- Relieved 17 September 2015 from assignment to the 3d Brigade Combat Team, 2d Infantry Division, and assigned to the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 2d Infantry Division
Campaign Participation Credit
- World War II
- Normandy
- Northern France
- Rhineland
- Ardennes-Alsace
- Central Europe
- Korean War
- UN Defensive
- UN Offensive
- CCF Intervention
- First UN Counteroffensive
- CCF Spring Offensive
- UN Summer-Fall Offensive
- Second Korean Winter
- Korea, Summer-Fall 1952
- Third Korean Winter
- Korea, Summer 1953
- War on Terrorism
- Campaigns to be determined
Decorations
- Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered TAEGU
- Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered CHIPYONG-NI
- Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered HONGCHON
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2003-2004
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2006-2007
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2009-2010
- Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 1999-2000
- Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 2002-2003
- Belgian Fourragere 1940
- Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in the Ardennes
- Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action on Elsenborn Crest
- Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation for NAKTONG RIVER LINE
- Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation for Korea 1950-1953
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
CHARLES R. BOWERY, JR.
Chief of Military History