1st Battalion
14th Field Artillery
Lineage and Honors Information as of 18 September 1996
1st Battalion
14th Field Artillery Lineage
Constituted 7 September 1927 in the Regular Army as Battery A, 14th Field Artillery, an element of the 7th Division
Activated 1 December 1934 at Fort Riley, Kansas
Inactivated 1 July 1936 at Fort Riley, Kansas
(14th Field Artillery relieved 16 October 1939 from assignment to the 7th Division)
Activated 15 July 1940 at Fort Benning, Georgia, as an element of the 2d Armored Division
Reorganized and redesignated 8 January 1942 as Battery A, 14th Armored Field Artillery Battalion
Reorganized and redesignated 1 July 1957 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 1st Howitzer Battalion, 14th Artillery, and remained assigned to the 2d Armored Division (organic elements concurrently constituted and activated)
Redesignated 8 July 1963 as the 1st Battalion, 14th Artillery
Relieved 12 May 1967 from assignment to the 2d Armored Division and assigned to the 198th Infantry Brigade
Relieved 15 February 1969 from assignment to the 198th Infantry Brigade and assigned to the 23d Infantry Division
Redesignated 1 September 1971 as the 1st Battalion, 14th Field Artillery
Relieved 30 November 1971 from assignment to the 23d Infantry Division and assigned to the 2d Armored Division
Inactivated 1 October 1983 in Germany and relieved from assignment to the 2d Armored Division
Activated 1 March 1987 at Fort Stewart, Georgia
Inactivated 15 September 1990 at Fort Stewart, Georgia
Assigned 16 December 1992 to the 2d Armored Division and activated at Fort Hood, Texas
Relieved 15 January 1996 from assignment to the 2d Armored Division
1st Battalion
14th Field Artillery Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
World War II: *Sicily (with arrowhead); *Normandy; *Northern France; *Rhineland; *Ardennes-Alsace; *Central Europe
Vietnam: *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
Decorations
*Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for NORMANDY
*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 in BELGIUM
*Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm for VIETNAM 1969-1970
*Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm for VIETNAM 1971