Lineage And Honors Information
Lineage and Honors Information as of 25 June 2013
108th FIELD ARTILLERY REGIMENT
(SECOND PENNSYLVANIA)
- Organized 11 December 1840 in the Pennsylvania Militia at Philadelphia as the National Guards
- Incorporated 9 April 1856 as the Infantry Corps of National Guards of the City of Philadelphia
- Expanded, reorganized, and redesignated 30 November - 1 December 1860 as the 2d Infantry Regiment
- Mustered into Federal service 27 April 1861 at Philadelphia as the 19th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Regiment; mustered out of Federal service 9 August 1861 at Philadelphia
- Reorganized and mustered into Federal service September 1861 – March 1862 as the 90th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Regiment; mustered out of Federal service 26 November 1864 at Fort Dushane, Virginia
- Reorganized 29 October 1867 in the Pennsylvania Militia at Philadelphia as the 2d Infantry Regiment (National Guards)
- (Pennsylvania Militia redesignated 7 April 1870 as the Pennsylvania National Guard)
- Mustered into Federal service 10-13 May 1898 at Mount Gretna as the 2d Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry; mustered out of Federal service 15 November 1898 at Philadelphia
- Reorganized 16 December 1898 - 21 April 1899 at Philadelphia as the 2d Infantry Regiment
- Mustered into Federal service 30 June 1916 at Mount Gretna
- Converted, reorganized, and redesignated 23 October 1916 as the 2d Field Artillery Regiment; mustered out of Federal service 24 February 1917
- Called into Federal service 24 July 1917 at Philadelphia; drafted into Federal service 5 August 1917
- Reorganized and redesignated 11 October 1917 as the 108th Field Artillery and assigned to the 28th Division
- Demobilized 24 May 1919 at Camp Dix, New Jersey
- Reorganized 16 October 1919 in the Pennsylvania National Guard at Philadelphia as the 2d Field Artillery Regiment
- Redesignated 1 April 1921 as the 108th Field Artillery and assigned to the 28th Division; Headquarters Federally recognized 21 December 1922
- Inducted into Federal service 17 February 1941 at Philadelphia
- Regiment broken up 17 February 1942 and its elements reorganized and redesignated as follows:
- Headquarters and Headquarters Battery as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 193d Field Artillery, and relieved from assignment to the 28th Division
- 1st Battalion as the 1st Battalion, 193d Field Artillery, and relieved from assignment to the 28th Division
- 2d Battalion as the 108th Field Artillery Battalion, an element of the 28th Infantry Division
- After 17 February 1942 the above units underwent changes as follows:
- Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 193d Field Artillery, reorganized and redesignated 23 February 1943 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 193d Field Artillery Group
Inactivated 21 October 1945 at Camp Myles Standish, Massachusetts - 1st Battalion, 193d Field Artillery, reorganized and redesignated 23 February 1943 as the 193d Field Artillery Battalion
Inactivated 24 November 1945 at Camp Myles Standish, Massachusetts
Reorganized and Federally recognized 29 March 1948 at Philadelphia as the 235th Field Artillery Observation Battalion
Ordered into active Federal service 11 September 1950 at Philadelphia
Reorganized and redesignated 15 March 1954 as the 235th Field Artillery Battalion
Released 20 December 1954 from active Federal service; Federal recognition concurrently withdrawn - 108th Field Artillery Battalion inactivated 25 October 1945 at Camp Shelby, Mississippi
Consolidated with Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 193d Field Artillery Group (see above), and consolidated unit reorganized and Federally recognized 2 November 1946 at Philadelphia as the 108th Field Artillery Battalion, an element of the 28th Infantry Division
Ordered into active Federal service 5 September 1950 at Philadelphia - 108th Field Artillery Battalion (NGUS) organized and Federally recognized 28 July 1953 at Philadelphia
Released 15 June 1954 from active Federal service and reverted to state control; Federal recognition concurrently withdrawn from the 108th Field Artillery Battalion (NGUS) - 108th Field Artillery Battalion and the 235th Field Artillery Observation
Battalion consolidated 20 December 1954 and consolidated unit designated as the 108th Field Artillery Battalion - Reorganized and redesignated 1 June 1959 as the 108th Artillery, a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System, to consist of the 1st Rocket Howitzer Battalion, an element of the 28th Infantry Division
- Reorganized 1 April 1963 to consist of the 1st Battalion, an element of the 28th Infantry Division
- Redesignated 1 May 1972 as the 108th Field Artillery
- Converted, reorganized, and redesignated 1 October 1975 as the 108th Combat Support Hospital and relieved from assignment to the 28th Infantry Division
- Consolidated 1 September 1997 with the 108th Field Artillery (see ANNEX), and consolidated unit designated as the 108th Field Artillery, to consist of the 1st Battalion, an element of the 28th Infantry Division
- Redesignated 1 October 2005 as the 108th Field Artillery Regiment
- Reorganized 1 September 2006 to consist of the 1st Battalion, an element of the 56th Brigade Combat Team, 28th Infantry Division
- Ordered into active Federal service 19 September 2008 at home stations; released from active Federal service 23 October 2009 and reverted to state control
- ANNEX
- Organized 1 April 1975 from existing units in the Pennsylvania Army National Guard as the 166th Field Artillery, a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System, to consist of the 1st Battalion, an element of the 28th Infantry Division
- Redesignated 1 October 1975 as the 108th Field Artillery
- Withdrawn 5 April 1988 from the Combat Arms Regimental System and reorganized under the United States Army Regimental System
Campaign Participation Credit
- Civil War
- Manassas
- Antietam
- Fredericksburg
- Chancellorsville
- Gettysburg
- Wilderness
- Spotsylvania
- Cold Harbor
- Petersburg
- Virginia 1863
- World War I
- Oise-Aisne
- Ypres-Lys
- Meuse-Argonne
- Champagne 1918
- Lorraine 1918
- World War II
- Normandy
- Northern France
- Rhineland
- Ardennes-Alsace
- Central Europe
- Korean War
- Third Korean Winter
- Korea, Summer 1953
- War on Terrorism
- Iraq:
- Iraqi Sovereignty
Headquarters Battery (Carlisle), 1st Battalion, additionally entitled to:
- World War I
- Champagne-Marne
- Aisne-Marne
Battery A (Hanover), 1st Battalion, additionally entitled to:
- War with Spain
- Puerto Rico
- World War I
- Champagne-Marne
- Aisne-Marne
Decorations
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered KOREA 1953
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2009
- Luxembourg Croix de Guerre, Streamer embroidered LUXEMBOURG
- Battery B (Gettysburg), 1st Battalion, additionally entitled to:
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered EUROPEAN THEATER
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
Robert J. Dalessandro
Director, Center of Military History