Lineage and Honors Information as of 19 Oct 2020

Headquarters and Headquarters Battery
4th Infantry Division Artillery

  • Constituted 19 November 1917 in the Regular Army as Headquarters, 4th Field Artillery Brigade, and assigned to the 4th Division
  • Organized 15 December 1917-10 January 1918 at Camp Greene, North Carolina
  • Reorganized and redesignated in February 1921 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 4th Field Artillery Brigade
  • Inactivated 21 September 1921 at Camp Lewis, Washington
  • Activated 1 January 1935 at Fort Sill, Oklahoma
  • Disbanded 14 November 1939 at Fort Sill, Oklahoma
  • Reconstituted 10 September 1940 in the Regular Army and redesignated as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 4th Division Artillery
  • Activated 1 October 1940 at Fort Benning, Georgia
  • Reorganized and redesignated 11 July 1941 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 4th Motorized Division Artillery
  • Reorganized and redesignated 4 August 1943 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 4th Division Artillery
  • Inactivated 5 March 1946 at Camp Butner, North Carolina
  • Activated 6 July 1948 at Fort Ord, California
  • Redesignated 1 April 1957 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 4th Infantry Division Artillery
  • Inactivated 15 December 1995 at Fort Carson, Colorado
  • Activated 16 January 1996 at Fort Hood, Texas
  • Reorganized and redesignated 16 December 2004 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 4th Fires Brigade
  • Inactivated 16 April 2007 at Fort Hood, Texas
  • Redesignated 6 May 2014 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 4th Infantry Division Artillery
  • Activated 16 October 2015 at Fort Carson, Colorado

Campaign Participation Credit

  • World War I
  • Aisne-Marne
  • St. Mihiel
  • Meuse-Argonne
  • Champagne 1918
  • Lorraine 1918
  • World War II
  • Normandy
  • Northern France
  • Rhineland
  • Ardennes-Alsace
  • Central Europe
  • 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
  • War on Terrorism
  • Campaigns to be determined

Decorations

  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2005-2006
  • Belgian Fourragere 1940
  • Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in Belgium
  • Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in the Ardennes
  • Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1966-1969
  • Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1966-1969

By Order of the Secretary of the Army:

CHARLES R. BOWERY, JR.
Chief of Military History


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