Lineage and Honors Information as of 30 June 2010
1st BATTALION, 84th FIELD ARTILLERY REGIMENT
Constituted 16 September 1918 in the National Army as Battery A, 84th Field Artillery
(84th Field Artillery demobilized 13 December 1918 at Camp Sheridan, Alabama)
Reconstituted 17 March 1930 in the Regular Army as Battery A, 84th Field Artillery, an element of the 3d Cavalry Division
Activated 1 July 1936 at Fort Riley, Kansas
Inactivated 30 September 1939 at Fort Riley, Kansas, and relieved from assignment to the 3d Cavalry Division
Redesignated 1 October 1940 as Battery A, 84th Field Artillery Battalion, and activated at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, as an element of the 9th Division (later redesignated as the 9th Infantry Division)
Inactivated 20 November 1946 in Germany
Activated 12 July 1948 at Fort Dix, New Jersey
Inactivated 1 December 1957 at Fort Carson, Colorado, and relieved from assignment to the 9th Infantry Division
Redesignated 2 June 1958 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 1st Missile Battalion, 84th Artillery (organic elements concurrently constituted)
Battalion activated 25 June 1958 at Fort Sill, Oklahoma
Inactivated 19 April 1962 at Fort Sill, Oklahoma
Redesignated 1 February 1966 as the 1st Battalion, 84th Artillery, assigned to the 9th Infantry Division, and activated at Fort Riley, Kansas
Inactivated 25 September 1969 in Hawaii
Redesignated 1 September 1971 as the 1st Battalion, 84th Field Artillery
Activated 21 October 1972 at Fort Lewis, Washington
Inactivated 15 January 1991 at Fort Lewis, Washington, and relieved from assignment to the 9th Infantry Division
Redesignated 1 October 2005 as the 1st Battalion, 84th Field Artillery Regiment
Assigned 16 October 2009 to the 170th Infantry Brigade and activated in Germany
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
World War II |
Vietnam |
DECORATIONS
*Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered THALA, TUNISIA
*Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered REMAGEN BRIDGEHEAD
*Belgian Fourragere 1940
*Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action along the Meuse River
*Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in the Ardennes
*Republic of Vietnam Cross of the Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1967-1968
*Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1969
*Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1967-1969
*Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1969
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
JEFFREY J. CLARKE
Chief of Military History