Lineage and Honors Information as of 27 May 2011
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Withdrawn 16 August 1988 from the Combat Arms Regimental System and reorganized under the United States Army Regimental System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 |
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Algeria‑French Morocco (with arrowhead) |
Counteroffensive, Phase II |
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Tunisia |
Counteroffensive, Phase III |
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Rome-Arno |
Counteroffensive, Phase VI |
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Southern France (with arrowhead) |
Tet 69/Counteroffensive |
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Rhineland |
Summer‑Fall 1969 |
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Central Europe |
Winter‑Spring 1970 |
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Central Pacific |
Sanctuary Counteroffensive |
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Counteroffensive, Phase VII |
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Consolidation I |
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Consolidation II |
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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