Constituted 25 January 1907 in the Regular Army as the 6th Field Artillery

Organized 1 June 1907 from existing units at Fort Riley, Kansas

Assigned 8 June 1917 to the 1st Expeditionary Division (later redesignated as the 1st Division)

Relieved 16 October 1939 from assignment to the 1st Division

Assigned 22 June 1940 to the 8th Division

Relieved 20 July 1940 from assignment to the 8th Division

Inactivated (less 1st Battalion) 1 August 1940 at Fort Hoyle, Maryland

Reorganized and redesignated 4 January 1941 as the 6th Field Artillery Battalion

Assigned 8 August 1942 to the 37th Infantry Division

Inactivated 13-18 December 1945 at Camp Anza and Camp Stoneman, California

Redesignated 24 July 1946 as the 6th Armored Field Artillery Battalion and relieved from assignment to the 37th Infantry Division

Activated 1 August 1946 at Fort Sill, Oklahoma

Inactivated 25 June 1958 at Fort Sill, Oklahoma

Consolidated 1 September 1963 with the 6th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion, the 25th and 45th Antiaircraft Artillery Missile Battalions, and the 53d Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion (all organized in 1898 as the 6th Regiment of Artillery) to form the 6^th Artillery, a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System

6th Artillery (less former 6th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion, 25th and 45th Antiaircraft Artillery Missile Battalion, and 53d Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion) reorganized and redesignated 1 September 1971 as the 6th Field Artillery, a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System (former elements concurrently reorganized and redesignated as the 6th Air Defense Artillery - hereafter separate lineage)

6th Field Artillery withdrawn 16 March 1987 from the Combat Arms Regimental System and reorganized under the United States Army Regimental System

Redesignated 1 October 2005 as the 6th Field Artillery Regiment

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

Civil War Peninsula Manassas Antietam Fredericksburg Chancellorsville Gettysburg Wilderness Spotsylvania Cold Harbor Petersburg Maryland 1863 Virginia 1863 War with Spain Santiago Mexican Expedition Mexico 1916-1917 World War I Montdidier-Noyon Aisne-Marne St. Mihiel Meuse-Argonne Lorraine 1917 Lorraine 1918 Picardy 1918

World War II Northern Solomons Luzon (with arrowhead) 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 Southwest Asia Defense of Saudi Arabia Liberation and Defense of Kuwait Cease-Fire War on Terrorism          Iraq: Iraqi Governance National Resolution Additional campaigns to be determined

DECORATIONS

Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered BAQUBAH, IRAQ

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1966

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1967-1968

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ASIA 2003-2004

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2005-2006

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

Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 1997

Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 2007-2008

French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War I, Streamer embroidered LORRAINE-PICARDY

French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War I, Streamer embroidered AISNE-MARNE and MEUSE-ARGONNE

French Croix de Guerre, World War I, Fourragere

Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 1944 TO 4 JULY 1945

BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY: