17th Field Artillery
Lineage and Honors Information as of 1 July 2003
17th Field Artillery Lineage
Constituted 1 July 1916 in the Regular Army as the 17th Field Artillery
Organized 6 June 1917 at Camp Robinson, Wisconsin
Assigned 21 September 1917 to the 2d Division
Relieved 18 December 1920 from assignment to the 2d Division
Assigned 22 July 1929 to the 1st Division
Relieved 1 January 1930 from assignment to the 1st Division and assigned to the 2d Division
Relieved 16 October 1939 from assignment to the 2d Division
Regiment broken up 14 February - 1 March 1944 and its elements reorganized and redesignated as follows:
Headquarters and Headquarters Battery on 1 March 1944 as Headquarters
and Headquarters Battery, 17th Field Artillery Group
1st Battalion on 1 March 1944 as the 17th Field Artillery Battalion
2d Battalion on 14 February 1944 as the 630th Field Artillery Battalion
After 1 March 1944 the above units underwent changes as follows:
Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 17th Field Artillery
Group, inactivated 27 February 1946 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey
Activated 20 December 1948 at Fort Sill, Oklahoma
Redesignated 25 June 1958 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 17th Artillery
Group
17th Field Artillery Battalion inactivated 16 April 1946 at
Camp Kilmer, New Jersey
Activated 1 August 1946 at Fort Sill, Oklahoma
Inactivated 1 June 1958 in Korea
630th Field Artillery Battalion inactivated 22 February 1946
at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey
Redesignated 5 February 1947 as the 537th Field Artillery Battalion
Activated 1 October 1948 at Camp Carson, Colorado
Inactivated 25 June 1958 at Fort Sill, Oklahoma
Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 17th Artillery Group, and the 17th and 537th Field Artillery Battalions consolidated, reorganized, and redesignated 31 July 1959 as the 17th Artillery, a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System
Redesignated 1 September as the 17th Field Artillery
Withdrawn 16 July 1988 from the Combat Arms Regimental System and reorganized under the United States Army Regimental System
17th Field Artillery Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
World War I: Aisne; Aisne-Marne; St. Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne; Lorraine 1918; Ile de France 1918
World War II: Tunisia; Sicily (with arrowhead); Naples-Foggia; Rome-Arno; Southern France; Rhineland; Ardennes-Alsace; Central Europe
Korean War: UN Defensive; UN Offensive; CCF Intervention; First UN Counteroffensive; CCF Spring Offensive; UN Summer-Fall Offensive; Second Korean Winter; Korea, Summer-Fall 1952; Third Korean Winter; Korea, Summer 1953
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
Southwest Asia: Defense of Saudi Arabia; Liberation and Defense of Kuwait
Decorations
Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for PLEIKU PROVENCE
Valorous Unit Award for IRAQ
French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War I for AISNE-MARNE
French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War I for MEUSE-ARGONNE
French Croix de Guerre, World War I, Fourragere
French Croix de Guerre with Silver-Gilt Star, World War II for ROME-ARNO