Lineage and Honors Information as of 17 October 2011
321st FIELD ARTILLERY REGIMENT
Constituted 5 August 1917 in the National Army as the 321st Field Artillery, and assigned to the 82d Division
Organized 2 September 1917 at Camp Gordon, Georgia
Demobilized 26 May 1919 at Camp Dix, New Jersey
Reconstituted 5 June 1930 in the Organized Reserves; concurrently, consolidated with 321st Field Artillery (active) (constituted in July 1923 in the Organized Reserves as the 452d Field Artillery and organized in Georgia; redesignated 5 October 1929 as the 321st Field Artillery, an element of the 82d Division), and consolidated unit designated as the 321st Field Artillery, an element of the 82d Division (later designated as the 82d Airborne Division)
Reorganized and redesignated 30 January 1942 as the 321st Field Artillery Battalion
Ordered into active military service 25 March 1942 and reorganized at Camp Claiborne, Louisiana
Reorganized and redesignated 15 August 1942 as the 321st Glider Field Artillery Battalion; concurrently relieved from assignment to the 82d Airborne Division and assigned to the 101st Airborne Division
Inactivated 30 November 1945 in Germany
(Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps)
Redesignated 18 June 1948 as the 518th Airborne Field Artillery Battalion, an element of the 101st Airborne Division
Withdrawn 25 June 1948 from the Organized Reserve Corps and allotted to the Regular Army
Activated 6 July 1948 at Camp Breckinridge, Kentucky
Inactivated 1 April 1949 at Camp Breckinridge, Kentucky
Activated 25 August 1950 at Camp Breckinridge, Kentucky
Inactivated 1 December 1953 at Camp Breckinridge, Kentucky
Activated 15 May 1954 at Fort Jackson, South Carolina
Redesignated 1 July 1956 as the 321st Airborne Field Artillery Battalion
Relieved 25 April1957 from assignment to the 101st Airborne Division
Reorganized and redesignated 31 July 1959 as the 321st Artillery, a parent regiment
under the Combat Arms Regimental System
Redesignated 1 September 1971 as the 321st Field Artillery
Withdrawn 28 February 1987 from the Combat Arms Regimental System, reorganized under the United States Army Regimental System, and transferred to the United States Army Training and Doctrine Command
Withdrawn 15 January 1996 from the United States Army Training and Doctrine Command
Redesignated 1 October 2005 as the 321st Field Artillery Regiment
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
World War I
St. Mihiel
Meuse-Argonne
Lorraine 1918
World War II
Normandy (with arrowhead)
Rhineland (with arrowhead)
Ardennes-Alsace
Central Europe
Vietnam
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
Consolidation I
Consolidation II
Armed Forces Expeditions
Dominican Republic
War on Terrorism
Iraq
Iraqi Governance
(Additional campaigns to be determined)
DECORATIONS
Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered BASTOGNE
French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II, Streamer embroidered NORMANDY
Netherlands Orange Lanyard
Belgian Fourragere 1940
Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in France and Belgium
Belgian Croix de Guerre 1940 with Palm, Streamer embroidered BASTOGNE; cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action at Bastogne
Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1968
Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1968-1969
Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1971
Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1968-1970
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Center of Military History