21st Field Artillery Regiment
Lineage and Honors Information as of 10 May 2007
21st Field Artillery Regiment Lineage
Constituted 1 July 1916 in the Regular Army as the 21st Field Artillery
Organized 1 June 1917 at Camp Wilson, Texas
Assigned 12 December 1917 to the 5th Division
Relieved 4 November 1920 from assignment to the 5th Division
Inactivated 23 September 1921 at Camp Bragg, North Carolina
Assigned 24 March 1923 to the 9th Division
Relieved 1 January 1930 from assignment to the 9th Division and assigned to the 5th Division (later redesignated as the 5th Infantry Division)
Activated 6 October 1939 at Fort Knox, Kentucky
Reorganized and redesignated 1 October 1940 as the 21st Field Artillery Battalion
Inactivated (less Batteries B and C) 20 September 1946 at Ladd Field, Alaska (Batteries B and C concurrently inactivated at Camp Campbell, Kentucky)
Activated 3 June 1948 at Fort Jackson, South Carolina
Inactivated 30 April 1950 at Fort Jackson, South Carolina
Activated 1 March 1951 at Indiantown Gap Military Reservation, Pennsylvania
Inactivated 1 September 1953 at Indiantown Gap Military Reservation, Pennsylvania
Activated 25 May 1954 in Germany
Relieved 1 June 1957 from assignment to the 5th Infantry Division; concurrently, reorganized and redesignated as the 21st Artillery, a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System
Redesignated 1 September 1971 as the 21st Field Artillery
Withdrawn 16 March 1987 from the Combat Arms Regimental System and reorganized under the United States Army Regimental System
Redesignated 1 October 2005 as the 21st Field Artillery Regiment
21st Field Artillery Regiment Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
World War I: St. Mihiel; Lorraine 1918
World War II: Normandy; Northern France; Rhineland; Ardennes-Alsace; Central Europe
Vietnam: Defense; Counteroffensive; 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; Consolidation II; Cease-Fire
Southwest Asia: Defense of Saudi Arabia; Liberation and Defense of Kuwait
War on Terrorism: Campaigns to be determined
Decorations
Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for PLEIKU PROVINCE
Valorous Unit Award for FISH HOOK
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for VIETNAM 1967
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for SOUTHWEST ASIA 1990-1991