2d Battalion
32d Field Artillery Regiment
Lineage and Honors Information as of 6 February 2009
2d Battalion
32d Field Artillery Regiment Lineage
Constituted 5 July 1918 in the National Army as Battery B, 32d Field Artillery, an element of the 11th Division
Organized 5 August 1918 at Camp George G. Meade, Maryland
Demobilized 13 December 1918 at Camp George G. Meade, Maryland
Reconstituted 22 July 1929 in the Regular Army as Battery B, 32d Field Artillery, an element of the 3d Division
(32d Field Artillery relieved 1 January 1930 from assignment to the 3d Division; assigned 23 September 1932 to the 3d Division; relieved 1 October 1933 from assignment to the 3d Division)
Redesignated 1 October 1940 as Battery B, 32d Field Artillery Battalion, and activated at Fort Ethan Allen, Vermont, as an element of the 1st Division (later redesignated as the 1st Infantry Division)
Inactivated 15 February 1957 at Fort Riley, Kansas, and relieved from assignment to the 1st Infantry Division; concurrently, redesignated as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 2d Battalion, 32d Artillery
Redesignated 2 June 1958 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 2d Missile Battalion, 32d Artillery (organic elements concurrently constituted)
Battalion activated 26 June 1958 at Fort Hood, Texas
Inactivated 1 March 1962 at Fort Hood, Texas
Redesignated 10 December 1962 as the 2d Battalion, 32d Artillery
Activated 4 January 1963 at Fort Sill, Oklahoma
Redesignated 1 September 1971 as the 2d Battalion, 32d Field Artillery
Inactivated 31 July 1972 at Fort Lewis, Washington
Activated 16 August 1987 in Germany
Inactivated 15 December 1993 in Germany
Redesignated 1 October 2005 as the 2d Battalion, 32d Field Artillery Regiment
Activated 16 January 2006 at Fort Riley, Kansas
2d Battalion
32d Field Artillery Regiment Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
World War II: *Algeria French-Morocco (with arrowhead); *Tunisia; *Sicily (with arrowhead); *Normandy (with arrowhead); *Northern France; *Rhineland; *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
War on Terrorism: Campaigns to be determined
Decorations
*Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered EL GUETTAR
*Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered CU CHI DISTRICT
*Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered TAY NINH PROVINCE
*Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1965-1966
*Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1968-1969
*French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II, Streamer embroidered KASSERINE
*French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II, Streamer embroidered NORMANDY
*French Croix de Guerre, World War II, Fourragere
*Belgian Fourragere 1940
*Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action at Mons
*Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action at Eupen-Malmedy
*Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1965-1968
*Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1968-1970
*Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1970-1971
*Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1971
*Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1965-1971
Battery A additionally entitled to:
Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered TAY NINH PROVINCE 1970
Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered FISH HOOK
Battery B additionally entitled to:
Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered FISH HOOK