Constituted 5 July 1918 in the National Army as Battery C, 27th Field Artillery, an element of the 9th Division

Organized 2 August 1918 at Camp McClellan, Alabama

Demobilized 8 February 1919 at Camp McClellan, Alabama

Reconstituted 24 March 1923 in the Regular Army as Battery C, 27th Field Artillery, an element of the 9th Division

(27th Field Artillery relieved 1 October 1933 from assignment to the 9th Division)

Redesignated 15 July 1940 as Battery C, 27th Field Artillery Battalion, and activated at Fort Knox, Kentucky, as an element of the 1st Armored Division

Redesignated 1 January 1942 as Battery C, 27th Armored Field Artillery Battalion

Converted and redesignated 1 May 1946 as Troop C, 27th Constabulary Squadron, and relieved from assignment to the 1st Armored Division

Inactivated 20 December 1948 in Germany; concurrently, converted and redesignated as Battery C, 27th Armored Field Artillery Battalion, an element of the 1st Armored Division

Activated 7 March 1951 at Fort Hood, Texas

Inactivated 15 February 1957 at Fort Polk, Louisiana, and relieved from assignment to the 1st Armored Division; concurrently, redesignated as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 3d Battalion, 27th Artillery

Redesignated 17 March 1959 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 3d Howitzer Battalion, 27th Artillery; concurrently, withdrawn from the Regular Army, allotted to the Army Reserve, and assigned to the 79th Infantry Division (organic elements concurrently constituted)

Battalion activated 6 April 1959 with Headquarters at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Inactivated 28 February 1963 at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and relieved from assignment to the 79th Infantry Division

Redesignated 10 May 1967 as the 3d Battalion, 27th Artillery; concurrently, withdrawn from the Army Reserve, allotted to the Regular Army, assigned to the 198th Infantry Brigade, and activated at Fort Hood, Texas

Inactivated 12 May 1967 at Fort Hood, Texas, and relieved from assignment to the 198th Infantry Brigade

Redesignated 1 September 1971 as the 3d Battalion, 27th Field Artillery

Activated 1 March 1988 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina

Redesignated 1 October 2005 as the 3d Battalion, 27th Field Artillery Regiment

 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

DECORATIONS

*Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered TUNISIA

*Presidential Unit Citation (Navy), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2003

*Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered IRAQ 1991

*Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN 2009-2011

*French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II, Streamer embroidered CENTRAL ITALY

 

BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY: