Lineage And Honors Information
Lineage and Honors Information as of 20 November 2012
2d BATTALION,
77th FIELD ARTILLERY REGIMENT
- Constituted 1 July 1916 in the Regular Army as Troops C and D, 19th Cavalry
- Organized 11 June 1917 at Fort Ethan Allen, Vermont
- Consolidated, converted, and redesignated 1 November 1917 as Battery B, 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 B, 634th Field Artillery Battalion
- Redesignated 15 May 1945 as Battery B, 77th Field Artillery Battalion
- Inactivated 4 January 1946 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey
- Disbanded 1 August 1946
- Reconstituted 16 July 1957 in the Regular Army as Battery B, 77th Field Artillery Battalion
- Redesignated 1 August 1957 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 2d Missile Battalion, 77th Artillery, and activated at Fort Hood, Texas (organic elements constituted 16 July 1957 and activated 1 August 1957)
- Battalion inactivated 2 January 1959 at Fort Sill, Oklahoma
- Redesignated 23 April 1959 as the 2d Howitzer Battalion, 77th Artillery, and assigned to the 4th Infantry Division (Battery B, 2d Howitzer Battalion, 77th Artillery constituted and allotted to the Regular Army as an organic element of the 2d Howitzer Battalion, 77th Artillery; Medical Detachment disbanded)
- Activated 6 May 1959 at Fort Lewis, Washington
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 October 1963 as the 2d Battalion, 77th Artillery
- Relieved 1 August 1967 from assignment to the 4th Infantry Division and assigned to the 25th Infantry Division
- Inactivated 15 December 1970 at Fort Carson, Colorado and relieved from assignment to the 25th Infantry Division
- Redesignated 13 September 1971 as the 2d Battalion, 77th Field Artillery
- Activated 17 June 1986 in Germany
- Inactivated 1 March 1988 in Germany
- Activated 16 May 1988 in Germany
- Inactivated 1 March 1991 in Germany
- Activated 16 December 2004 at Fort Hood, Texas
- Assigned 15 September 2005 to the 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division
- Redesignated 1 October 2005 as the 2d Battalion, 77th Field Artillery Regiment
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
- *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
- Afghanistan:
- *Consolidation II
- *Consolidation III
- Iraq:
- *Iraq Governance
- *National Resolution
- (Additional campaigns to be determined)
DECORATIONS
- *Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered SUOI TRE
- *Meritorious Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN 2009-2010
- *Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1966-1967
- *Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1967-1968
- *Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1968-1970
- *Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1967-1970
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Center of Military History