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2d BATTALION, 4th FIELD ARTILLERY REGIMENT

 

Constituted 2 February 1901 in the Regular Army as the 28th Battery, Field Artillery, Artillery Corps

Organized 11 October 1901 at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas

Reorganized and redesignated 13 June 1907 as Battery B, 4th Field Artillery

Inactivated 1 September 1927 at Fort McIntosh, Texas

            (4th Field Artillery assigned 17 March 1930 to the 2d Cavalry Division; relieved
23 September 1932 from assignment to the 2d Cavalry Division)

Acti­vated 1 June 1940 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina

Reorganized and redesignated 4 January 1941 as Battery B, 4th Field Artillery Battalion

Inactivated 10 December 1946 in the Philippine Islands

Activated 30 June 1947 at Camp Carson, Colorado

Inactivated 25 June 1958 at Fort Sill, Oklahoma

Consolidated 26 June 1958 with Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 2d Howitzer Battalion, 4th Artillery (active) (organized in 1847), and consolidated unit designated as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 2d Howitzer Battalion, 4th Artillery, an element of the 9th Infan­try Division (organic elements constituted 13 November 1957 and acti­vated      1 December 1957)

Battalion inactivated 31 January 1962 at Fort Carson, Colorado

Redesignated 1 February 1966 as the 2d Battalion, 4th Artillery, and activated at Fort Riley, Kansas

Inactivated 13 October 1970 at Fort Lewis, Washington

Redesignated (less former Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 2d Howitzer Battalion, 4th Artillery) 1 September 1971 as the 2d Battalion, 4th Field Artillery (former Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 2d Howitzer Battalion, 4th Artillery, concurrently redesignated as the 2d Battalion, 4th Air Defense Artillery ‑ hereafter separate lineage)

2d Battalion, 4th Field Artillery, activated 21 October 1972 at Fort Lewis, Washington

Inactivated 2 October 1986 at Fort Lewis, Washington, and relieved from assignment to the 9th Infantry Division

Activated 16 June 1996 at Fort Sill, Oklahoma

Redesignated 1 October 2005 as the 2d Battalion, 4th Field Artillery Regiment

 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

Philippine Insurrection
*Jolo 1906

Mexican Expedition
*Mexico 1916‑1917

World War II
*Asiatic-Pacific Theater,
   Streamer without Inscription

Vietnam
*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

War on Terrorism
Campaigns to be determined

 

DECORATIONS

*Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered SAIGON

*Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2003

*Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroi­dered VIETNAM 1966‑1968

*Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroi­dered VIETNAM 1968

*Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroi­dered VIETNAM 1969

*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 1966‑1969

*Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1969‑1970

 

Battery A additionally entitled to:

Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered DIYALA PROVINCE 2006-2007


Battery C additionally entitled to:

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ JAN-DEC    2009

 

BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:

 

  

 

ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Center of Military History


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