40th Field Artillery
Lineage and Honors Information as of 30 September 1996
40th Field Artillery Lineage
Constituted 5 July 1918 in the National Army as the 40th Field Artillery and assigned to the 14th Division
Organized 10 August 1918 at Camp Custer, Michigan
Demobilized 6 February 1919 at Camp Custer, Michigan
Reconstituted 1 October 1933 in the Regular Army the 40th Field Artillery
Activated 4 June 1941 at Camp Roberts, California
Regiment broken up 1 March 1943 and its elements reorganized and redesignated as follows:
Headquarters and Headquarters Battery as Headquarters and
Headquarters Battery, 40th Field Artillery Battalion Group
1st and 2d Battalions as the 974th and 975th Field Artillery Battalions, respectively
After 1 March 1943, the above units underwent changes as follows:
Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 40th Field Artillery
Group, inactivated 15 March 1946 in Germany
Activated 26 April 1951 at Camp Carson, Colorado
Redesignated 9 September 1957 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 40th
Field Artillery Missile Group
Redesignated 20 July 1958 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 40th Artillery
Group
Inactivated 16 September 1962 in Germany
974th Field Artillery Battalion inactivated 10 January 1946
at Camp Patrick Henry, Virginia
Redesignated 5 February 1947 as the 509th Field Artillery Battalion
Redesignated 25 June 1948 as the 509th Armored Field Artillery Battalion and
assigned to the 3d Armored Division
Activated 30 July 1948 at Fort Knox, Kentucky
Inactivated 1 October 1957 in Germany and relieved from assignment to the 3d
Armored Division
975th Field Artillery Battalion inactivated 13 February 1946
at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey
Redesignated 5 February 1947 as the 510th Field Artillery Battalion
Activated 1 February 1949 in Austria
Redesignated 20 August 1956 as the 510th Field Artillery Rocket Battalion
Inactivated 1 June 1958 in Italy
Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 40th Artillery Group; 509th Armored Field Artillery Battalion; and the 510th Field Artillery Rocket Battalion consolidated, reorganized, and redesignated 16 September 1962 as the 40th Artillery, a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System
Redesignated 1 September 1971 as the 40th Field Artillery
Withdrawn 16 September 1987 from the Combat Arms Regimental System and reorganized under the United States Army Regimental System with Headquarters in Germany
Transferred 15 January 1996 to the United States Army Training and Doctrine Command
40th Field Artillery Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
World War II: Normandy; Northern France; Rhineland; Ardennes-Alsace; Central Europe
Vietnam: 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
Southwest Asia: Defense of Saudi Arabia; Liberation and Defense of Kuwait; Cease-Fire
Decorations
Presidential Unit Citation (Navy) for VIETNAM 1966-1967
Valorous Unit Award for SAIGON-LONG BINH
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for VIETNAM 1967-1968
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for VIETNAM 1968-1969
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for SOUTHWEST ASIA