76th Field Artillery Regiment
Lineage and Honors Information as of 10 May 2007
76th Field Artillery Regiment Lineage
Constituted 1 July 1916 in the Regular Army as the 18th Cavalry
Organized 13 June 1917 at Fort Ethan Allen, Vermont
Converted and redesignated 1 November 1917 as the 76th Field Artillery
Assigned 12 November 1917 to the 3d Division
Relieved 16 October 1939 from assignment to the 3d Division
Assigned 1 July 1940 to the 7th Division
Reorganized and redesignated 22 January 1941 as the 76th Field Artillery Battalion
Relieved 1 June 1941 from assignment to the 7th Division
Inactivated 27 November 1945 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey
Redesignated 1 August 1946 as the 76th Armored Field Artillery Battalion and activated at Fort Knox, Kentucky
Inactivated (less Battery A) 24 August 1948 at Fort Knox, Kentucky
(Battery A reorganized and redesignated 28 August 1953 as the 576th Armored Field Artillery Battery; inactivated 4 October 1954 at Fort Knox, Kentucky)
Redesignated 8 October 1954 as the 76th Field Artillery Battalion and activated at Fort Devens, Massachusetts (576th Armored Field Artillery Battery concurrently redesignated as Battery A, 76th Field Artillery Battalion)
Inactivated (less Battery B) 15 February 1958 at Fort Devens, Massachusetts (Battery B concurrently inactivated in Iceland)
Reorganized and redesignated 31 July 1959 as the 76th Artillery, a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System
Redesignated 1 September 1971 as the 76th Field Artillery
Withdrawn 16 February 1987 from the Combat Arms Regimental System and reorganized under the United States Army Regimental System
Redesignated 1 October 2005 as the 76th Field Artillery Regiment
76th Field Artillery Regiment Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
World War I: Champagne-Marne; Aisne-Marne; St. Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne; Champagne 1918
World War II: Northern France; Rhineland; Ardennes-Alsace; Central Europe
War on Terrorism: Iraq
Decorations
French Croix de Guerre with Gilt Star, World War I for CHAMPAGNE-MARNE and AISNE-MARNE
Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in the Ardennes