77th Field Artillery Regiment
Lineage and Honors Information as of 20 November 2008
77th Field Artillery Regiment Lineage
Constituted 1 July 1916 in the Regular Army as the 19th Cavalry
Organized 23 May-11 June 1917 at Fort Ethan Allen, Vermont
Converted and redesignated 1 November 1917 as the 77th Field Artillery
Assigned 19 November 1917 to the 4th Division
Inactivated 21 September 1921 at Camp Lewis, Washington
Relieved 24 March 1923 from assignment to the 4th Division and assigned to the 7th Division
Relieved 1 January 1930 from assignment to the 7th Division and assigned to the 4th Division
(1st Battalion activated 1 January 1935 at Fort Sill, Oklahoma)
Activated (less 1st Battalion) 1 November 1935 at Fort D. A. Russell, Texas
Relieved 16 October 1939 from assignment to the 4th Division
Regiment broken up 24 February 1944 and its elements reorganized and redesignated as follows: Headquarters and Headquarters Battery as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 77th Field Artillery Group; 1st and 2d Battalions as the 634th and 631st Field Artillery Battalions, respectively
After 24 February 1944 the above units underwent changes as follows:
Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 77th Field Artillery Group, inactivated
25 September 1945 in Italy
Activated 27 August 1951 at Fort Sill, Oklahoma
Inactivated 25 September 1956 at Fort Sill, Oklahoma
634th Field Artillery Battalion redesignated 15 May 1945 as the 77th Field Artillery Battalion
Inactivated 4 January 1946 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey
Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 77th Field Artillery Battalion, redesignated 1 August 1946 as the 77th Field Artillery Battery and activated at Fort Winfield Scott, California (organic elements of the 77th Field Artillery Battalion concurrently disbanded)
77th Field Artillery Battery inactivated 25 November 1946 at Fort Winfield Scott, California
Redesignated 19 March 1948 as the 77th Armored Field Artillery Battery
Redesignated 1 February 1949 as the 77th Field Artillery Battery and activated in Austria
Inactivated 31 July 1955 in Austria
Redesignated 20 December 1956 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 634th Field Artillery Rocket Battalion (organic elements of former 77th Field Artillery Battalion concurrently reconstituted as elements of the 634th Field Artillery Rocket Battalion)
Battalion activated 1 January 1957 at Fort Hood, Texas
Inactivated 26 June 1958 at Fort Hood, Texas
631st Field Artillery Battalion inactivated 8 September 1945 in Italy
Redesignated 4 November 1946 as the 85th Field Artillery Battalion
Assigned 1 July 1948 to the 10th Infantry Division and activated at Fort Riley, Kansas
Inactivated 1 July 1957 in Germany and relieved from assignment to the 10th Infantry Division
Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 77th Field Artillery Group; 634th Field Artillery Rocket Battalion; and the 85th Field Artillery Battalion consolidated 27 June 1958 to form the 77th Artillery, a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System
Redesignated 1 September 1971 as the 77th Field Artillery
Withdrawn 17 August 1986 from the Combat Arms Regimental System and reorganized under the United States Army Regimental System
Redesignated 1 October 2005 as the 77th Field Artillery Regiment
77th Field Artillery Regiment Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
World War I: Aisne-Marne; St. Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne; Champagne 1918; Lorraine 1918
World War II: Sicily (with arrowhead); Naples-Foggia; Anzio; Rome-Arno; Southern France (with arrowhead); North Apennines; Rhineland; Ardennes-Alsace; Central Europe; Po Valley
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; Consolidation I; Consolidation II
War on Terrorism: Global War on Terrorism; Iraq
Decorations
Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered PLEIKU PROVINCE
Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered SUOI TRE
Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered FISH HOOK
Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1971