Lineage and Honors Information as of 20 November 2019

16th Field Artillery Regiment

  • Constituted 1 July 1916 in the Regular Army as the 16th Field Artillery
  • Organized 21 May 1917 at Camp Robinson, Wisconsin
  • Assigned 19 November 1917 to the 4th Division
  • Inactivated 21 September 1921 at Camp Lewis, Washington
  • (1st Battalion activated 14 December 1922 at Fort Myer, Virginia)
  • Relieved 24 March 1923 from assignment to the 4th Division and assigned to the 8th Division
  • Relieved 5 September 1927 from assignment to the 8th Division and assigned to the 4th Division (2d Battalion concurrently activated at Fort Bragg, North Carolina)
  • Relieved 1 October 1933 from assignment to the 4th Division and assigned to the 8th Division (2d Battalion concurrently inactivated at Fort Bragg, North Carolina)
  • Relieved 16 October 1939 from assignment to the 8th Division
  • Regiment (less 1st Battalion) activated 3 January 1941 at Fort Myer, Virginia
  • Reorganized and redesignated 13 January 1941 as the 16th Field Artillery Battalion
  • Reorganized and redesignated 3 June 1942 as the 16th Armored Field Artillery Battalion and assigned to the 9th Armored Division
  • Relieved 6 July 1945 from assignment to the 9th Armored Division
  • Inactivated 26 July 1946 in Germany
  • Assigned 20 October 1950 to the 2d Armored Division
  • Activated 10 November 1950 at Fort Hood, Texas.
  • Relieved 1 July 1957 from assignment to the 2d Armored Division; concurrently, reorganized and redesignated as the 16th Artillery, a par­ent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System
  • Redesignated 1 September 1971 as the 16th Field Artillery
  • Withdrawn 16 April 1987 from the Combat Arms Regimental System and reorganized under the United States Army Regimental System
  • Redesignated 1 October 2005 as the 16th Field Artillery Regiment

Campaign Participation Credit

  • World War I
  • Aisne‑Marne
  • St. Mihiel
  • Meuse‑Argonne
  • Champagne 1918
  • Lorraine 1918
  • World War II
  • 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
  • Consolidation I
  • War on Terrorism
  • Iraq:
  • National Resolution
  • Iraqi Surge
  • Iraqi Sovereignty
  • (additional campaigns to be determined)

Decorations

  • Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered REMAGEN BRIDGEHEAD
  • Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered ST. VITH
  • Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered PLEIKU PROVINCE
  • Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 2003-2004
  • Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered WESTERN AND SOUTHERN AFGHANISTAN 2011-2012
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1968‑1969
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation, Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA 2005-2006
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation, Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2008-2009
  • Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action at St. Vith

By Order of the Secretary of the Army:

CHARLES R. BOWERY, JR.
Chief of Military History

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