44th Air Defense Artillery
Lineage and Honors Information as of 30 September 1996
44th Air Defense Artillery Lineage
Organized 26 March 1918 in the Regular Army from existing units in France as the Howitzer Regiment, 30th Brigade, Coast Artillery Corps
Redesignated 7 August 1918 as the 44th Artillery (Coast Artillery Corps)
Inactivated 31 August 1921 at Camp Jackson, South Carolina
Redesignated 1 July 1924 as the 44th Coast Artillery
Redesignated 13 January 1941 as the 54th Coast Artillery
Activated 10 February 1941 at Camp Wallace, Texas
Regiment broken up 28 February - 5 June 1944 and its elements reorganized and redesignated as follows:
Headquarters and Headquarters Battery on 5 June 1944 as Headquarters
and Headquarters Battery, 152d Coast Artillery Group
1st Battalion on 5 June 1944 as the 606th Coast Artillery Battalion
2d Battalion on 28 February 1944 as the 49th Coast Artillery Battalion
3d Battalion on 5 June 1944 as the 607th Coast Artillery Battalion
After 5 June 1944 the above units underwent changes as follows:
Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 152d Coast Artillery
Group, disbanded 3 August 1944 at Camp Livingston, Louisiana
Reconstituted 28 June 1950 in the Regular Army as Headquarters and Headquarters
Battery, 54th Field Artillery Group
Activated 17 January 1955 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina
Redesignated 21 June 1958 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 54th Artillery
Group
Inactivated 7 November 1969 in Vietnam
606th Coast Artillery Battalion disbanded 3 August 1944 at
Camp Livingston, Louisiana
Reconstituted 28 June 1950 in the Regular Army; concurrently consolidated
with the 54th Armored Field Artillery Battalion (active) (see ANNEX 1) and
consolidated unit designated as the 54th Armored Field Artillery Battalion,
an element of the 3d Armored Division
Inactivated 1 October 1957 in Germany and relieved from assignment to the 3d
Armored Division
49th Coast Artillery Battalion inactivated 20 January 1946
in the Philippine Islands
Consolidated 28 June 1950 with the 49th Field Artillery Battalion (active) (see
ANNEX 2) and consolidated unit designated as the 49th Field Artillery Battalion,
an element of the 7th Infantry Division
Inactivated 1 July 1957 in Korea and relieved from assignment to the 7th Infantry
Division
607th Coast Artillery Battalion disbanded 31 July 1944 at
Camp Rucker, Alabama
Reconstituted 28 June 1950 in the Regular Army; concurrently consolidated
with the 44th Field Artillery Battalion (active) (see ANNEX 3) and consolidated
unit designated as the 44th Field Artillery Battalion, an element of the 4th
Infantry Division
Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 54th Artillery Group; 54th Armored Field Artillery Battalion; and the 49th and 44th Field Artillery Battalions consolidated, reorganized, and redesignated 7 November 1969 as the 44th Artillery, a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System
Redesignated 1 September 1971 as the 44th Air Defense Artillery
Withdrawn 16 March 1988 from the Combat Arms Regimental System and reorganized under the United States Army Regimental System
ANNEX 1
Constituted 1 October 1933 in the Regular Army as the 54th Field Artillery
Redesignated 13 January 1941 as the 54th Field Artillery Battalion and assigned to the 3d Armored Division
Activated 15 April 1941 at Camp Beauregard, Louisiana
Reorganized and redesignated 1 January 1942 as the 54th Field Artillery Battalion
Inactivated 10 November 1945 in Germany
Activated 15 July 1947 at Fort Knox, Kentucky
ANNEX 2
Constituted 1 October 1933 in the Regular Army as the 49th Field Artillery
Redesignated 1 June 1941 as the 49th Field Artillery Battalion, assigned to the 7th Division (later redesignated as the 7th Infantry Division), and activated at Fort Ord, California
Inactivated 20 July 1947 in Korea
Activated 20 March 1949 in Japan
ANNEX 3
Constituted 1 October 1933 in the Regular Army as the 2d Battalion, 47th Field Artillery
Activated 1 June 1941 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina
Reorganized and redesignated 17 December 1941 as the 44th Field Artillery Battalion and assigned to the 4th Motorized Division (later redesignated as the 4th Infantry Division)
Inactivated 18 February 1946 at Camp Butner, North Carolina
Activated 15 July 1947 at Fort Ord, California
44th Air Defense Artillery Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
World War I: Champagne-Marne; St. Mihiel; Lorraine 1918; Alsace 1918; Champagne 1918
World War II: Normandy (with arrowhead); Northern France; Rhineland; Ardennes-Alsace; Central Europe; Aleutian Islands (with arrowhead); Northern Solomons; Eastern Mandates; Leyte; Ryukyus
Korean War: UN Defensive; UN Offensive; CCF Intervention; First UN Counteroffensive; CCF Spring Offensive; UN Summer-Fall Offensive; Second Korean Winter; Korea, Summer-Fall 1952; Third Korean Winter; Korea, Summer 1953
Vietnam: 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
Decorations
Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for BEACHES OF NORMANDY
Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for ST. LO
Presidential Unit Citation (Navy) for VIETNAM 1966-1967
Valorous Unit Award for QUANG TRI-THUA THIEN
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for VIETNAM 1966-1967
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for VIETNAM 1968-1969
Air Force Outstanding Unit Award for KOREA 1978-1980
Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class for VIETNAM 1966-1969