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Lineage and Honors Information as of 27 May 2011

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41st FIELD ARTILLERY REGIMENT

 

Constituted 26 April 1918 in the Regular Army as the 41st Artillery (Coast Artillery Corps)

Organized 1 October 1918 at Fort Monroe, Virginia

Demobilized 22 December 1918 at Fort Monroe, Virginia

Reconstituted 15 January 1921 in the Regular Army as the Hawaiian Railway Battalion

Organized 22 December 1921 at Fort Kamehameha, Territory of Hawaii

Redesignated 1 June 1922 as the 41st Artillery Battalion (Railway) (Coast Artillery Corps)

Reorganized and redesignated 1 July 1924 as the 41st Coast Artillery (Railway)

Inactivated (less 1st Battalion) 21 April 1942 at Fort Hase, Territory of Hawaii

Reorganized 22 May 1943 as the 41st Coast Artillery (Harbor Defense)

Disbanded (less Batteries A, D, and G) 25 May 1944 in Hawaii (Batteries D and G‑hereafter separate lineages) (Battery A concurrently redesignated as the 831st Coast Artillery Battery; disbanded 13 August 1944 in Hawaii)

1st Battalion, 41st Coast Artillery, and the 831st Coast Artillery Battery reconstituted 28 June 1950 in the Regular Army; concurrently, consolidated with the 41st Field Artillery Battalion (active at Fort Benning, Georgia) (see ANNEX), and consolidated unit designated as the 41st Field Artillery Battalion, an element of the 3d Infantry Division

Relieved 6 April 1951 from assignment to the 3d Infantry Division; assigned
2 December 1954 to the 3d Infantry Division

Inactivated 1 July 1957 at Fort Benning, Georgia, and relieved from assignment to the 3d Infantry Division

Reorganized and redesignated 31 July 1959 as the 41st Artillery, a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System

Redesignated 1 September 1971 as the 41st Field Artillery

Withdrawn 16 August 1988 from the Combat Arms Regimental System and reorganized under the United States Army Regimental System

Redesignated 1 October 2005 as the 41st Field Artillery Regiment

ANNEX

Constituted 5 July 1918 in the National Army as the 41st 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 as the 41st Field Artillery

Redesignated 1 October 1940 as the 41st Field Artillery Battalion; concurrently, assigned to the 3d Division (later redesignated as the 3d Infantry Division), and activated at Fort Lewis, Washington


CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

World War II

Vietnam

Algeria‑French Morocco (with arrowhead)

Counteroffensive, Phase II

Tunisia
Sicily (with arrowhead)
Naples-Foggia
Anzio (with arrowhead)

Counteroffensive, Phase III
Tet Counteroffensive
Counteroffensive, Phase IV
Counteroffensive, Phase V

Rome-Arno

Counteroffensive, Phase VI

Southern France (with arrowhead)

Tet 69/Counteroffensive

Rhineland

Summer‑Fall 1969

Central Europe

Winter‑Spring 1970

Central Pacific

Sanctuary Counteroffensive

 

Counteroffensive, Phase VII

 

Consolidation I

 

Consolidation II

 

 

                                         Southwest Asia
                                                Defense of Saudi Arabia
                                                Liberation and Defense of Kuwait
                                                Cease-Fire

                                                War on Terrorism
                                                Campaigns to be determined

 

DECORATIONS

Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered COLMAR

Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered BINH THUAN PROVINCE

Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 

Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered IRAQ-KUWAIT

Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered IRAQ

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1967‑1968

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1968‑1969

Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 1983-1985

Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 1994

Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 2001

French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II, Streamer embroidered COLMAR

French Croix de Guerre, World War II, Fourragere

FOR THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:

ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Center of Military History


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