2d Battalion, 20th Field Artillery Regiment
Lineage and Honors Information as of 14 March 2008
2d Battalion, 20th Field Artillery Regiment Lineage
Constituted 1 July 1916 in the Regular Army as Battery B, 20th Field Artillery
Organized 1 June 1917 at Fort Sam Houston, Texas, as an element of the 5th Division
Inactivated 5 September 1921 at Camp Bragg, North Carolina
(20th Field Artillery relieved 23 March 1923 from assignment to the 5th Division and assigned to the 8th Division; relieved 1 January 1930 from assignment to the 8th Division and assigned to the 5th Division; relieved 16 October 1939 from assignment to the 5th Division)
Activated 1 June 1940 at Fort Benning, Georgia, as an element of the 4th Division (later redesignated as the 4th Infantry Division)
Reorganized and redesignated 1 October 1940 as Battery B, 20th Field Artillery Battalion
Inactivated 13 February 1946 at Camp Butner, North Carolina
Activated 6 July 1948 at Fort Ord, California
Inactivated 1 April 1957 at Fort Lewis, Washington, and relieved from assignment to the 4th Infantry Division
Redesignated 22 August 1957 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 2d Field Artillery Battalion, 20th Artillery (organic elements concurrently constituted)
Battalion assigned 15 October 1957 to the 1st Cavalry Division and activated in Korea
Redesignated 1 July 1960 as the 2d Rocket Howitzer Battalion, 20th Artillery
Redesignated 1 September 1963 as the 2d Battalion, 20th Artillery
Inactivated 10 April 1971 at Fort Lewis, Washington
Redesignated 1 September 1971 as the 2d Battalion, 20th Field Artillery
Relieved 13 September 1972 from assignment to the 1st Cavalry Division, assigned to the 4th Infantry Division, and activated at Fort Carson, Colorado
Relieved 16 September 1980 from assignment to the 4th Infantry Division
Inactivated 1 June 1984 in Germany
Activated 16 September 1987 in Germany
Inactivated 15 June 1992 in Germany
Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 2d Battalion, 20th Field Artillery, redesignated 16 January 1996 as Battery B, 20th Field Artillery, assigned to the 4th Infantry Division, and activated at Fort Hood, Texas
Reorganized and redesignated 17 September 1998 as Headquarters, Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 2d Battalion, 20th Field Artillery (organic elements concurrently activated)
Relieved 16 December 2004 from assignment to the 4th Infantry Division
Redesignated 1 October 2005 as the 2d Battalion, 20th Field Artillery Regiment
2d Battalion, 20th Field Artillery Regiment Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
World War I: *St Mihiel; *Lorraine 1918
World War II: *Normandy (with arrowhead); *Northern France; *Rhineland; *Ardennes-Alsace; *Central Europe
Vietnam: *Vietnam; *Defense; *Counteroffensive; *Counteroffensive, Phase II; *Counteroffensive, Phase III; *Tet Counteroffensive; *Counteroffensive, Phase IV; *Counteroffensive, Phase V; *Counteroffensive, Phase VI; *Tet 69/Counterofensive; *Summer-Fall 1969; *Winter-Spring 1970; *Sanctuary Counteroffensive; *Counteroffensive, Phase VII
War on Terrorism: Campaigns to be determined
Decorations
*Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered PLEIKU PROVINCE
*Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered TAM QUAN
*Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered FISH HOOK
*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 1965-1969
*Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1969-1970
*Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1970-1971
*Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1969-1970
Battery A additionally entitled to:
Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered BINH THUAN PROVINCE
Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2003-2004
Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1971
Battery C additionally entitled to:
Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered BINH THUAN PROVINCE
Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered QUANG TIN PROVINCE