Lineages and Honors Information
Field Artillery
Lineage and Honors Information as of 27 July 2018
3d Battalion, 320th Field Artillery Regiment
- Constituted 5 August 1917 in the National Army as Battery C, 320th Field Artillery, an element of the 82d Division
- 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 C, 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 C, 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 C, 320th Glider Field Artillery Battalion
- Disbanded 5 September 1942
- Reconstituted 1 August 1951 in the Regular Army as Battery C, 320th Airborne Field Artillery Battalion, and activated at Fort Benning, Georgia
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 March 1957 as Battery C, 320th Artillery, and assigned to the 11th Airborne Division
- Inactivated 1 July 1958 in Germany
- Relieved 1 July 1960 from assignment to the 11th Airborne Division; concurrently, assigned to the 82d Airborne Division and activated at Fort Bragg, North Carolina
- Inactivated 25 May 1964 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, and relieved from assignment to the 82d Airborne Division
- Redesignated 15 July 1968 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 3d Battalion, 320th Artillery, assigned to the 82d Airborne Division, and activated at Fort Bragg, North Carolina (organic elements concurrently constituted and activated)
- Battalion inactivated 15 December 1969 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, and relieved from assignment to the 82d Airborne Division
- Redesignated 1 September 1971 as the 3d Battalion, 320th Field Artillery
- Assigned 2 October 1986 to the 101st Airborne Division and activated at Fort Campbell, Kentucky
- Redesignated 1 October 2005 as the 3d 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
- Southwest Asia
- Defense of Saudi Arabia
- Liberation and Defense of Kuwait
- War on Terrorism
- Global War on Terrorism
- Iraq:
- Iraqi Surge
- (Additional campaigns to be determined)
Decorations
- Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered STE. MERE EGLISE (earned by the 320th Glider Field Artillery Battalion)
- Valorous Unit Award (Army), Streamer embroidered MAHMUDIYAH, IRAQ 2007-2008
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2003
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN 2012-2013
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN 2016-2017
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
CHARLES R. BOWERY, JR.
Chief of Military History