30th Field Artillery
(Hard Chargers)
Lineage and Honors Information as of 18 October 1996
30th Field Artillery Lineage
Constituted 5 July 1918 in the National Guard as the 30th Field Artillery and assigned to the 10th Division
Organized 10 August 1918 at Camp Funston, Kansas
Demobilized 5 February 1919 at Camp Funston, Kansas
Reconstituted 24 March 1923 in the Regular Army as the 30th Field Artillery
Activated 4 June 1941 at Camp Roberts, California
Regiment broken up 18 May 1944 and its elements reorganized and redesignated as follows:
Headquarters and Headquarters Battery as Headquarters and
Headquarters Battery, 30th Field Artillery Group
1st and 2d Battalions as the 521st and 550th Field Artillery Battalions, respectively
After 18 May 1944 the above units underwent changes as follows:
Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 30th Field Artillery
Group, inactivated 31 July 1946 in Germany
Activated 20 March 1951 at Camp Polk, Louisiana
Inactivated 1 June 1958 in Germany; concurrently redesignated as Headquarters
and Headquarters Battery, 30th Artillery Group
521st Field Artillery Battalion redesignated 1 May 1945
as the 30th Field Artillery Battalion
Inactivated 9 February 1949 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina
Activated 22 February 1950 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina
Inactivated 25 June 1958 at Fort Lewis, Washington
550th Field Artillery Battalion inactivated 8 February 1946
at Camp Swift, Texas
Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 550th Field Artillery Battalion, redesignated
1 August 1946 as the 550th Field Artillery Battery and activated at Fort Benning,
Georgia (organic elements concurrently disbanded)
Battery inactivated 23 November 1948 at Fort Benning, Georgia
Activated 1 February 1952 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina
Redesignated 25 October 1952 as the 550th Field Artillery Rocket Battery
Reorganized and redesignated 15 March 1957 as Headquarters, Headquarters and
Service Battery, 550th Field Artillery Rocket Battalion (Battery A and Medical
Detachment, 550th Field Artillery
Battalion, concurrently reconstituted in the Regular Army, redesignated as
Battery A and Medical Detachment, 550th Field Artillery Rocket Battalion,
and activated at Fort Bliss, Texas)
Battalion inactivated 25 June 1956 at Fort Bliss, Texas
Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 30th Artillery Group; 30th Field Artillery Battalion; and the 550th Field Artillery Rocket Battalion consolidated, reorganized, and redesignated 31 July 1959 as the 30th Artillery, a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System
Redesignated 1 September 1971 as the 30th Field Artillery
Withdrawn 16 July 1988 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
30th Field Artillery Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
World War II: Aleutian Islands; Rhineland; Central Europe
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
Decorations
Valorous Unit Award for FISH HOOK
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for VIETNAM 1966-1967
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for VIETNAM 1968
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for VIETNAM 1968-1969