Lineage and Honors Information as of 24 July 2007
1st BATTALION, 7th AIR DEFENSE ARTILLERY REGIMENT
Constituted 8 March 1898 in the Regular Army as Battery A, 7th Regiment of Artillery
Organized 29 March 1898 at Fort Slocum, New York
Reorganized and redesignated 13 February 1901 as the 72d Company, Coast Artillery, Artillery Corps
Redesignated 2 February 1907 as the 72d Company, Coast Artillery Corps
Reorganized and redesignated in July 1916 as the 1st Company, Fort Screven [Georgia]
Reorganized and redesignated 31 August 1917 as the 1st Company, Coast Defenses of Savannah
Reorganized and redesignated 1 June 1922 as the 72d Company, Coast Artillery Corps
Reorganized and redesignated 1 July 1924 as Battery A, 7th Coast Artillery
Inactivated 7 April 1930 at Fort Hancock, New Jersey
Activated 1 July 1939 at Fort Hancock, New Jersey
Inactivated 7 April 1944 at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri
Disbanded 14 June 1944
Reconstituted 28 June 1950 in the Regular Army; concurrently consolidated with Battery A, 126th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion (see ANNEX), and consolidated unit redesignated as Battery A, 7th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion
1st BATTALION, 7th AIR DEFENSE ARTILLERY REGIMENT
Redesignated 13 December 1951 as Battery A, 7th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion
Activated 20 December 1951 at Camp Edwards, Massachusetts
Redesignated 30 June 1955 as Battery A, 7th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion
Inactivated 1 September 1958 in Germany; concurrently consolidated with Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 1st Howitzer Battalion, 7th Artillery (active) (organized in 1916), and consolidated unit designated as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 1st Howitzer Battalion, 7th Artillery, an element of the 1st Infantry Division (organic elements constituted 8 February 1957 and activated 15 February 1957)
Redesignated (less former Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 1st Howitzer Battalion, 7th Artillery) 1 September 1971 as the 1st Battalion, 7th Air Defense Artillery, and inactivated at Fort Riley, Kansas (former Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 1st Howitzer Battalion, 7th Artillery, concurrently reorganized and redesignated as the 1st Battalion, 7th Field Artillery - hereafter separate lineage)
1st Battalion, 7th Air Defense Artillery, activated 13 September 1972 at Fort Bliss, Texas
Inactivated 16 June 1987 at Fort Bliss, Texas
Activated 16 December 1988 in Germany
Redesignated 1 October 2005 as the 1st Battalion, 7th Air Defense Artillery Regiment
ANNEX
Constituted 25 February 1943 in the Army of the United States as Battery A, 126th Coast Artillery Battalion
Activated 10 May 1943 at Camp Haan, California
Reorganized and redesignated 28 June 1943 as Battery A, 126th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion
Inactivated 3 January 1946 at Camp Patrick Henry, Virginia
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
World War II Korean War |
Vietnam Southwest Asia War on Terrorism |
DECORATIONS
Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered DEFENSE OF KOREA
*Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1966-1967
*Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1967-1968
*Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 1991-1992
*Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 1992-1993
*Belgian Fourragere 1940
*Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action at Liege
*Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in the Ardennes
*Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1965-1968
*Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1969-1970
*Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1965-1970
Battery D additionally entitled to:
Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered SAUDI ARABIA AND BAHRAIN
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
JEFFREY J. CLARKE
Chief of Military History