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3d Battalion
82d Field Artillery Regiment

Lineage and Honors Information as of 12 February 2008

3d Battalion
82d Field Artillery Regiment Lineage

Constituted 1 July 1916 in the Regular Army as Troops E and F, 24th Cavalry

Organized 5 June 1917 at Fort D. A. Russell, Wyoming

Consolidated, converted, and redesignated 1 November 1917 as Battery C, 82d Field Artillery, an element of the 15th Cavalry Division

(82d Field Artillery relieved in May 1918 from assignment to the 15th Cavalry Division)

Reorganized and redesignated 9 September 1921 as Battery C, 82d Field Artillery Battalion, an element of the 1st Cavalry Division

Reorganized and redesignated 17 March 1930 as Battery C, 82d Field Artillery

Inactivated 1 December 1934 at Fort Bliss, Texas

Redesignated 3 January 1941 as Battery C, 82d Field Artillery Battalion, and activated at Fort Bliss, Texas

Inactivated 15 October 1957 in Japan and relieved from assignment to the 1st Cavalry Division

Redesignated 1 June 1958 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 3d Gun Battalion, 82d Artillery (organic elements concurrently constituted)

Battalion activated 25 June 1958 in Germany

Inactivated 20 December 1963 in Germany

Redesignated 10 September 1964 as the 3d Battalion, 82d Artillery, and assigned to the 196th Infantry Brigade

Activated 15 September 1965 at Fort Devens, Massachusetts

Relieved 15 February 1969 from assignment to the 196th Infantry Brigade and assigned to the 23d Infantry Division

Redesignated 1 September 1971 as the 3d Battalion, 82d Field Artillery

Relieved 1 November 1971 from assignment to the 23d Infantry Division and assigned to the 196th Infantry Brigade

Inactivated 30 June 1972 at Oakland, California, and relieved from assignment to the 196th Infantry Brigade

Assigned 16 June 1986 to the 1st Cavalry Division and activated at Fort Hood, Texas

Redesignated 1 October 2005 as the 3d Battalion, 82d Field Artillery Regiment

Relieved 18 October 2005 from assignment to the 1st Cavalry Division and assigned to the 2d Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division

3d Battalion
82d Field Artillery Regiment Honors

Campaign Participation Credit

World War II: *New Guinea; *Bismark Archipelago; *Leyte (with arrowhead); *Luzon

Korean War: *UN Defensive; *UN Offensive; *CCF Intervention; *First UN Counteroffensive; *CCF Spring Offensive; *UN Summer-Fall Offensive; *Second Korean Winter

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; *Consolidation I; *Consolidation II; *Cease-Fire

Southwest Asia: *Defense of Saudi Arabia; *Liberation and Defense of Kuwait; *Cease-Fire

War on Terrorism: *Iraq

Decorations

*Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered IRAQ 1991

*Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1967-1969

*Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 1944 TO 4 JULY 1945

*Chryssoun Aristion Andrias (Bravery Gold Medal of Greece), Streamer embroidered KOREA

*Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered WAEGWAN-TAEGU

*Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1969-1970

*Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1971


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