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5th Battalion
82d Field Artillery Regiment

Lineage and Honors Information as of 5 July 2006

5th Battalion
82d Field Artillery Regiment Lineage

Constituted 1 July 1916 in the Regular Army as Troops I and K, 24th Cavalry

Organized 5 June 1917 at Fort D. A. Russell, Wyoming

Consolidated, converted, and redesignated 1 November 1917 as Battery E, 82d Field Artillery, an element of the 15th Cavalry Division (82d Field Artillery relieved in May 1918 from assignment to the 15th Cavalry Division)

Inactivated 9 September 1921 at Fort Bliss, Texas; concurrently, redesignated as Battery B, 84th Field Artillery Battalion

Redesignated 17 March 1930 as Battery E, 82d Field Artillery, an element of the 1st Cavalry Division

Activated 1 December 1934 at Fort Bliss, Texas

Absorbed 3 January 1941 by Battery B, 82d Field Artillery Battalion (Battery B, 82d Field Artillery, reorganized and redesignated 3 January 1941 as Battery B, 82d Field Artillery Battalion; inactivated 15 October 1957 in Japan and relieved from assignment to the 1st Cavalry Division)

Former Battery E, 82d Field Artillery, reconstituted 1 June 1958 in the Regular Army

Redesignated 31 July 1959 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 5th Battalion, 82d Artillery

Redesignated 1 July 1960 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 5th Howitzer Battalion, 82d Artillery, assigned to the 1st Cavalry Division, and activated in Korea (organic elements concurrently constituted and activated)

Redesignated 1 September 1963 as the 5th Battalion, 82d Artillery

Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 5th Battalion, 82d Artillery, reorganized and redesignated 1 July 1965 as Battery E, 82d Artillery (remainder of battalion concurrently inactivated)

Battery inactivated 10 April 1971 in Vietnam

Redesignated 1 September 1971 as Battery E, 82d Field Artillery

Activated 21 January 1977 at Fort Hood, Texas

Inactivated 16 August 1987 at Fort Hood, Texas, and relieved from assignment to the 1st Cavalry Division

Redesignated 10 September 2004 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 5th Battalion, 82d Field Artillery

Redesignated 1 October 2005 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 5th Battalion, 82d Field Artillery Regiment

Assigned 17 October 2005 to the 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, and activated at Fort Bliss, Texas (organic elements concurrently activated)

5th Battalion
82d Field Artillery Regiment Honors

Campaign Participation Credit

World War II: *New Guinea; * Bismarck Archipelago; *Leyte (with Arrowhead); *Luzon

Korean War: *UN Defensive; *UN Offensive; *CCF Intervention; *First UN Counteroffensive; *CCF Spring Offensive; *UN Summer-Fall Offensive; *Second Korean Winter

Vietnam: *Defense; *Counteroffensive; *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

 

Decorations

*Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for PLEIKU PROVINCE

*Valorous Unit Award for FISH HOOK

*Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for VIETNAM 1966-1967

*Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for VIETNAM 1967-1969

*Philippine Presidential Unit Citation for 17 OCTOBER 1944 TO 4 JULY 1945

*Chryssoun Aristion Andrias (Bravery Gold Medal of Greece) for KOREA

* Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation for WAEGWAN-TAEGU

* Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm for VIETNAM 1965-1969

* Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm for VIETNAM 1969-1970

* Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm for VIETNAM 1970-1971

* Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class for VIETNAM 1969-1970


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