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- Withdrawn 21 July 1987 from the Combat Arms Regimental System and reorganized under the United States Army Regimental System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