Constituted 5 August 1917 in the National Army as Battery B, 320th Field Artillery, an element of the 82d Division

Organized 29 August 1917 at Camp Gordon, Georgia

Demobilized 12 May 1919 at Camp Dix, New Jersey

Reconstituted 24 June 1921 in the Organized Reserves as Battery B, 320th Field Artillery, an element of the 82d Division (later redesignated as the 82d Airborne Division)

Organized in December 1921 at Columbia, South Carolina

Reorganized and redesignated 13 February 1942 as Battery B, 320th Field Artillery Battalion

Ordered into active military service 25 March 1942 and reorganized at Camp Claiborne, Louisiana

Reorganized and redesignated 15 August 1942 as Battery B, 320th Glider Field Artillery Battalion

(Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps)

Withdrawn 15 November 1948 from the Organized Reserve Corps and allotted to the Regular Army

Inactivated 15 December 1948 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina

(320th Glider Field Artillery Battalion relieved 14 December 1950 from assignment to the 82d Airborne Division)

Redesignated 1 August 1951 as Battery B, 320th Airborne Field Artillery Battalion, and activated at Fort Benning, Georgia

 Reorganized and redesignated 1 March 1957 as Battery B, 320th Artillery, and assigned to the 11th Airborne Division

Inactivated 1 July 1958 in Germany and relieved from assignment to the 11th Airborne Division

Redesignated 15 November 1962 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 2d Battalion, 320th Artillery, and assigned to the 101st Airborne Division (organic elements concurrently constituted)

Battalion activated 3 December 1962 at Fort Campbell, Kentucky

Redesignated 1 September 1971 as the 2d Battalion, 320th Field Artillery

Relieved 16 September 2004 from assignment to the 101st Airborne Division and assigned to the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division

Redesignated 1 October 2005 as the 2d Battalion, 320th Field Artillery Regiment

 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
World War I *St. Mihiel *Meuse-Argonne *Lorraine 1918  World War II Sicily *Naples-Foggia *Normandy (with arrowhead) *Rhineland (with arrowhead) *Ardennes-Alsace *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 *Consolidation I *Consolidation II

 

                                                  Southwest Asia
                                                *Defense of Saudi Arabia
                                                *Liberation and Defense of Kuwait

                                                  War on Terrorism
                                                          Iraq:
                                                *Iraqi Governance
                                                    (additional campaigns to be determined)

 

DECORATIONS

*Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered STE. MERE EGLISE

*Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered DAK TO

*Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered TUY HOA

*Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1965‑1966

*Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA 1990-1991

*Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2003

*Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2007-2008

*French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II, Streamer embroidered STE. MERE EGLISE

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

*French Croix de Guerre, World War II, Fourragere

*Military Order of William (Degree of the Knight of the Fourth Class), Streamer embroidered NIJMEGEN 1944

*Netherlands Orange Lanyard

*Belgian Fourragere 1940

        *Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in the Ardennes

        *Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in Belgium and Germany

*Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroi­dered VIETNAM 1968‑1969

*Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroi­dered VIETNAM 1971

*Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1968‑1970

Battery A additionally entitled to:

        Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gal­lantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1966‑1967

 

BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY: