1st Battalion
77th Field Artillery Regiment
Lineage and Honors Information as of 2 October 2008
1st Battalion
77th Field Artillery Regiment Lineage
Constituted 1 July 1916 in the Regular Army as Troops A and B, 19th Cavalry
Organized 11 June 1917 at Fort Ethan Allen, Vermont
Converted, consolidated, and redesignated 1 November 1917 as Battery A, 77th Field Artillery
(77th Field Artillery assigned 19 November 1917 to the 4th Division)
Inactivated 21 September 1921 at Camp Lewis, Washington
(77th Field Artillery relieved 24 March 1923 from assignment to the 4th Division and assigned to the 7th Division; relieved 1 January 1930 from assignment to the 7th Division and assigned to the 4th Division)
Activated 1 January 1935 at Fort Sill, Oklahoma
(77th Field Artillery relieved 16 October 1939 from assignment to the 4th Division)
Reorganized and redesignated 24 February 1944 as Battery A, 634th Field Artillery Battalion
Redesignated 15 May 1945 as Battery A, 77th Field Artillery Battalion
Inactivated 4 January 1946 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey
Disbanded 1 August 1946
Reconstituted 20 December 1956 in the Regular Army as Battery A, 634th Field Artillery Rocket Battalion
Activated 1 January 1957 at Fort Hood, Texas
Reorganized and redesignated 25 June 1958 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 1st Missile Battalion, 77th Artillery (organic elements constituted 1 June 1958 and activated 25 June 1958)
Battalion inactivated 25 June 1959 in Germany
Redesignated 1 July 1960 as the 1st Howitzer Battalion, 77th Artillery, assigned to the 1st Cavalry Division, and activated in Korea
Redesignated 1 September 1963 as the 1st Battalion, 77th Artillery
Redesignated 1 September 1971 as the 1st Battalion, 77th Field Artillery
Inactivated 16 June 1986 at Fort Hood, Texas, and relieved from assignment to the 1st Cavalry Division
Assigned 17 August 1986 to the 194th Armored Brigade and activated at Fort Knox, Kentucky
Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 1st Battalion, 77th Field Artillery, reorganized and redesignated 17 September 1990 as Battery A, 77th Field Artillery, and remained assigned to the 194th Armored Brigade (remainder of battalion concurrently inactivated)
Inactivated 29 June 1995 at Fort Knox, Kentucky, and relieved from assignment to the 194th Armored Brigade
Battery redesignated 16 June 1996 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 1st Battalion, 77th Field Artillery, and activated at Fort Sill, Oklahoma (organic elements concurrently activated)
Redesignated 1 October 2005 as the 1st Battalion, 77th Field Artillery Regiment
Inactivated 15 March 2007 at Fort Sill, Oklahoma
Assigned 16 March 2008 to the 172d Infantry Brigade and activated in Germany
1st Battalion
77th Field Artillery Regiment Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
World War I: *Aisne-Marne; *St. Mihiel; *Meuse-Argonne; *Champagne 1918; *Lorraine 1918
World War II: *Sicily (with arrowhead); *Naples-Foggia; *Anzio; *Rome-Arno; *Southern France (with arrowhead); North Apennines; *Rhineland; *Ardennes-Alsace; *Central Europe; Po Valley
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
War on Terrorism: *Global War on Terrorism; (Other campaigns to be determined)
Decorations
*Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered PLEIKU PROVINCE
*Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered PHOUC LONG PROVINCE
*Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered FISH HOOK
*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