Headquarters and Headquarters Battery
41st Fires Brigade
(Railgunners)
Lineage and Honors Information as of 16 April 2007
Headquarters and Headquarters Battery
41st Fires Brigade Lineage
Constituted 26 August 1918 in the Regular Army as the 41st Artillery (Coast Artillery Corps)
Organized 1 October 1918 at Fort Monroe, Virginia
Demobilized 22 December 1918 at Fort Monroe, Virginia
Reconstituted 15 January 1921 in the Regular Army as the Hawaiian Railway Battalion
Organized 22 December 1921 at Fort Kamehameha, Territory of Hawaii
Redesignated 1 June 1922 as the 41st Artillery Battalion (Railway) (Coast Artillery Corps)
Reorganized and redesignated 1 July 1924 as the 41st Coast Artillery
Inactivated 30 June 1931 at Fort Kamehameha, Territory of Hawaii
Activated 21 April 1942 at Fort Hase, Territory of Hawaii
Disbanded 25 May 1944 at Fort Kamehameha, Territory of Hawaii
Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 41st Coast Artillery, reconstituted 28 June 1950 in the Regular Army as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 41st Field Artillery Group
Activated 18 January 1952 at Fort Sill, Oklahoma
Redesignated 25 June 1958 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 41st Artillery Group
Inactivated 15 November 1969 in Vietnam
Redesignated 15 March 1972 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 41st Field Artillery Group, and activated in Germany
Redesignated 16 June 1982 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 41st Field Artillery Brigade
Inactivated 15 July 2005 in Germany
Redesignated 28 March 2006 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 41st Fires Brigade
Activated 16 April 2007 at Fort Hood, Texas
Headquarters and Headquarters Battery
41st Fires Brigade Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
World War II: Asiatic-Pacific Theater, streamer without inscription;
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
War on Terrorism: Campaigns to be determined
Decorations
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), for SOUTHWEST ASIA 2003
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), for VIETNAM 1967-1968
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), for VIETNAM 1968-1969
Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, for VIETNAM 1967-1969