Lineage and Honors Information as of 20 November 2019

2d Battalion
12th Field Artillery Regiment

  • Constituted 1 July 1916 in the Regular Army as Battery B, 12th Field Artillery
  • Organized 7 June 1917 at Fort Myer, Virginia, as an element of the 2d Division (later redesignated as the 2d Infantry Division)
  • Reorganized and redesignated 1 October 1940 as Battery B, 12th Field Artillery Battalion
  • Inactivated 15 October 1948 at Fort Lewis, Washington
  • Consolidated 10 November 1951 with Battery B, 503d Field Artillery Battalion (active) (see ANNEX), and consolidated unit designated as Battery B, 12th Field Artillery Battalion
  • Inactivated 20 June 1957 at Fort Lewis, Washington, and relieved from assignment to the 2d Infantry Division; concurrently, redesignated as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 2d Battalion, 12th Artillery
  • Redesignated 1 May 1960 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 2d Howitzer Battalion, 12th Artillery, assigned to the 8th Infantry Division, and activated in Germany (organic elements concurrently constituted and activated)
  • Battalion inactivated 1 April 1963 in Germany and relieved from assignment to the 8th Infantry Division
  • Redesignated 13 September 1969 as the 2d Battalion, 12th Artillery, and activated in Vietnam
  • Inactivated 29 August 1971 at Fort Lewis, Washington
  • Redesignated 1 September 1971 as the 2d Battalion, 12th Field Artillery
  • Activated 1 April 1976 at Fort Sill, Oklahoma
  • Inactivated 15 September 1984 at Fort Sill, Oklahoma
  • Activated 16 July 1987 in Germany
  • Inactivated 15 April 1992 in Germany
  • Redesignated 1 October 2005 as the 2d Battalion, 12th Field Artillery Regiment
  • Assigned 1 June 2006 to the 4th Brigade Combat Team, 2d Infantry Division, and activated at Fort Lewis, Washington
  • Relieved 16 March 2014 from assignment to the 4th Brigade Combat Team, 2d Infantry Division, and assigned to the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division
  • ANNEX
  • Organized 25 October 1917 in the National Army at Camp George G. Meade, Maryland, as Battery B, 2d Provisional Regiment (Field Artillery)
  • Redesignated 27 October 1917 as Battery B, 351st Field Artillery, an element of the 92d Division
  • Demobilized 6 March 1919 at Camp George G. Meade, Maryland
  • Reconstituted 5 June 1930 in the Organized Reserves as Battery B, 351st Field Artillery
  • Withdrawn 16 December 1940 from the Organized Reserves and allotted to the Regular Army
  • Activated 10 February 1941 at Camp Livingston, Louisiana
  • Reorganized and redesignated 1 April 1943 as Battery B, 351st Field Artillery Battalion
  • Inactivated 10 April 1946 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey
  • Redesignated 5 February 1947 as Battery B, 503d Field Artillery Battalion
  • (503d Field Artillery Battalion assigned 18 December 1947 to the 2d Infantry Division)
  • Activated 27 December 1947 at Fort Lewis, Washington

Campaign Participation Credit

  • World War I
  • Aisne
  • Aisne-Marne
  • St. Mihiel
  • Meuse-Argonne
  • Lorraine 1918
  • Ile de France 1918
  • World War II
  • Normandy
  • Northern France
  • Rhineland
  • Ardennes-Alsace
  • Central Europe
  • 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
  • Summer-Fall 1969
  • Winter-Spring 1970
  • Sanctuary Counteroffensive
  • Counteroffensive, Phase VII
  • Consolidation I
  • War on Terrorism
  • Iraq:
  • Iraqi Surge
  • (additional campaigns to be determined)

Decorations

  • Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered HONGCHON
  • Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered CHIPYONG-­NI
  • Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered FISH HOOK
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2007-2008
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2009-2010
  • *Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN 2012-2013
  • French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War I, Streamer embroi­dered AISNE‑MARNE
  • French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War I, Streamer embroi­dered MEUSE‑ARGONNE
  • French Croix de Guerre, World War I, Fourragere
  • Belgian Fourragere 1940
  • Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in the Ardennes
  • Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action on Elsenborn Crest
  • Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered NAKTONG RIVER LINE
  • Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 1950-1953
  • 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 1969‑1970

By Order of the Secretary of the Army:

CHARLES R. BOWERY, JR.
Chief of Military History

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