CMH Home
CMH Home
Lineage And Honors Information

Lineage and Honors Information as of 20 November 2012

1st BATTALION,
76th FIELD ARTILLERY REGIMENT

  • Constituted 1 July 1916 in the Regular Army as Troops A and B, 18th Cavalry
  • Organized 13 June 1917 at Fort Ethan Allen, Vermont
  • Consolidated, converted, and redesignated 1 November 1917 as Battery A, 76th Field Artillery
  • (76th Field Artillery assigned 12 November 1917 to the 3d Division)
  • Inactivated 28 April 1930 at Fort Francis E. Warren, Wyoming
  • Activated 1 December 1938 at Fort Francis E. Warren, Wyoming
  • (76th Field Artillery relieved 16 October 1939 from assignment to the 3d Division; assigned 1 July 1940 to the 7th Division)
  • Reorganized and redesignated 22 January 1941 as Battery A, 76th Field Artillery Battalion
  • (76th Field Artillery Battalion relieved 1 June 1941 from assignment to the 7th Division)
  • Inactivated 27 November 1945 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey
  • Redesignated 1 August 1946 as Battery A, 76th Armored Field Artillery Battalion, and activated at Fort Knox, Kentucky
  • Reorganized and redesignated 28 August 1953 as the 576th Armored Field Artillery Battery
  • Inactivated 4 October 1954 at Fort Knox, Kentucky
  • Redesignated 8 October 1954 as Battery A, 76th Field Artillery Battalion, and activated at Fort Devens, Massachusetts
  • Reorganized and redesignated 15 February 1958 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 1st Howitzer Battalion, 76th Artillery, and assigned to the 2d Infantry Brigade (organic elements concurrently constituted and activated)
  • Battalion inactivated 25 March 1962 at Fort Devens, Massachusetts
  • Relieved 20 April 1962 from assignment to the 2d Infantry Brigade
  • Redesignated 1 September 1971 as the 1st Howitzer Battalion, 76th Field Artillery
  • Redesignated 13 September 1972 as the 1st Battalion, 76th Field Artillery, assigned to the 3d Infantry Division, and activated in Germany
  • Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 1st Battalion, 76th Field Artillery, reorganized and redesignated 16 February 1987 as Battery A, 76th Field Artillery, and remained assigned to the 3d Infantry Division (remainder of battalion concurrently inactivated)
  • Battery A, 76th Field Artillery inactivated 15 January 1992 in Germany
  • Activated 16 August 1995 in Germany
  • Inactivated 15 February 1996 in Germany and relieved from assignment to the 3d Infantry Division
  • Redesignated 16 March 2004 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 1st Battalion, 76th Field Artillery and assigned to the 4th Brigade Combat Team, 3d Infantry Division; Battalion concurrently activated at Fort Stewart, Georgia
  • Redesignated 1 October 2005 as the 1st Battalion, 76th Field Artillery Regiment

Campaign Participation Credit

  • World War I
  • *Champagne-Marne
  • *Aisne-Marne
  • *St. Mihiel
  • *Meuse-Argonne
  • *Champagne 1918
  • World War II
  • *Northern France
  • *Rhineland
  • *Ardennes-Alsace
  • *Central Europe
  • War on Terrorism
  • Campaigns to be determined

Decorations

  • *Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered BAGHDAD 2005-2006
  • *Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2010-2011
  • *French Croix de Guerre with Gilt Star, World War I, Streamer embroidered CHAMPAGNE-MARNE and AISNE-MARNE
  • *Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in the Ardennes

By Order of the Secretary of the Army:

Robert J. Dalessandro
Director, Center of Military History


Return to Branch Index