Lineages and Honors Information
Field Artillery

Lineage and Honors Information as of 19 March 2018

120th Field Artillery Regiment
(Red Fox Regiment)

  • Organized May-June 1917 in the Wisconsin National Guard in southeastern and central Wisconsin as the 2d and 3d Squadrons, 1st Cavalry
  • Mustered into Federal service 31 July 1917 at Camp Douglas, Wisconsin; drafted into Federal service 5 August 1917
  • Consolidated 28 September 1917 with the 1st Squadron, 1st Cavalry (organized 26 April 1880 at Milwaukee as the Light Horse Squadron); consolidated unit concurrently converted and redesignated as the 120th Field Artillery, and assigned to the 32d Division
  • Demobilized 16 May 1919 at Camp Grant, Illinois
  • Former 2d and 3d Squadrons, 1st Cavalry, reconstituted 28 November 1919 in the Wisconsin National Guard as the 2d Field Artillery
  • Reorganized 8 May 1920-9 February 1921 in central Wisconsin
  • Redesignated 1 April 1921 as the 120th Field Artillery and assigned to the 32d Division
  • Headquarters Federally recognized 18 May 1922 at Milwaukee
  • Inducted into Federal service 15 October 1940 at home stations
  • Regiment (less 2d Battalion) reorganized and redesignated 1 February 1942 as the 120th Field Artillery Battalion, an element of the 32d Infantry Division; 2d Battalion concurrently reorganized and redesignated as the 129th Field Artillery Battalion, an element of the 32d Infantry Division
  • 120th and 129th Field Artillery Battalions inactivated 28 February 1946 in Japan
  • 120th and 129th Field Artillery Battalions consolidated, reorganized, and Federally recognized 9 June 1947 in central Wisconsin as the 120th Field Artillery Battalion, an element of the 32d Infantry Division, with Headquarters at Stevens Point
  • Reorganized and redesignated 15 February 1959 as the 120th Artillery, a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System, to consist of the 1st and 2d Howitzer Battalions, elements of the 32d Infantry Division
  • (1st and 2d Howitzer Battalions ordered into active Federal service 15 October 1961 at home stations; released 10 August 1962 from active Federal service and reverted to state control)
  • Reorganized 1 April 1963 to consist of the 1st and 2d Battalions, elements of the 32d Infantry Division
  • Reorganized 30 December 1967 to consist of the 1st Battalion, an element of the 32d Infantry Brigade
  • Redesignated 1 May 1972 as the 120th Field Artillery
  • Withdrawn 21 July 1987 from the Combat Arms Regimental System and reorganized under the United States Army Regimental System
  • Reorganized 1 October 1997 to consist of the 1st Battalion, an element of the 34th Infantry Division
  • Reorganized 1 September 2003 to consist of the 1st Battalion, an element of the 32d Infantry Brigade
  • (1st Battalion ordered into active Federal service 10 August 2005 at home stations)
  • Redesignated 1 October 2005 as the 120th Field Artillery Regiment
  • (1st Battalion released from active Federal service 5 February 2007 and reverted to state control)
  • Reorganized 1 March 2008 to consist of the 1st Battalion, an element of the 32d Infantry Brigade Combat Team
  • (1st Battalion ordered into active Federal service 1 February 2009 at home stations; released from active Federal service 7 March 2010 and reverted to state control)
  • Reorganized 1 September 2017 in the Wisconsin and Michigan Army National Guard to consist of the 1st Battalion, an element of the 32d Infantry Brigade Combat Team

Campaign Participation Credit

  • World War I
  • Aisne-Marne
  • Oise-Aisne
  • Meuse-Argonne
  • Alsace 1918
  • Champagne 1918
  • World War II
  • New Guinea (with arrowhead)
  • Leyte
  • Luzon
  • War on Terrorism
  • Iraq:
  • Iraqi Sovereignty
  • (additional campaigns to be determined)

Battery A (Marshfield), 1st Battalion, additionally entitled to:

  • War with Spain
  • Puerto Rico
  • World War II
  • Papua

Decorations

  • Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered AITAPE (earned by the 129th Field Artillery Battalion)
  • French Croix de Guerre with Silver Star, World War I, Streamer embroidered AISNE-MARNE and OISE-AISNE
  • Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 1944 TO 4 JULY 1945 (earned by the 120th and 129th Field Artillery Battalions)
  • Battery A (Marshfield), 1st Battalion, additionally entitled to:
  • Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered PAPUA (earned by Company C, 128th Infantry)
  • Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered LUZON (earned by Company C, 128th Infantry)
  • French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War I, Streamer embroidered OISE-AISNE (earned by Company A, 127th Infantry)

By Order of the Secretary of the Army:

CHARLES R. BOWERY, JR.
Chief of Military History


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