Lineage and Honors Information as of 7 October 2016
129th Field Artillery Regiment
(Truman's Own)
- Constituted 22 November 1866 in the Missouri Militia and organized at Kansas City as the Kansas City Guards
- Disbanded in April 1873 at Kansas City
- Reconstituted 18 November 1887 in the Missouri National Guard and reorganized at Kansas City as the Kansas City Light Battery
- Redesignated 18 December 1888 as Battery B
- Disbanded 6 November 1899 at Kansas City
- Reconstituted 14 June 1905 in the Missouri National Guard and reorganized at Kansas City as Battery B
- Consolidated 4 February 1915 with Battery A (organized 15 January 1878 at St. Louis) and Battery C (see ANNEX) to form the 1st Separate Battalion, Field Artillery
- Mustered into Federal service 25 June 1916 at Nevada; mustered out of Federal service 21-22 December 1916 at Fort Riley, Kansas
- (Battery D organized 5 June 1917 at Kansas City; Battery A detached 6 June 1917 from the 1st Separate Battalion, Field Artillery – hereafter separate lineage; Battery D concurrently redesignated as Battery A, 1st Separate Battalion, Field Artillery)
- 1st Separate Battalion, Field Artillery, expanded, reorganized, and redesignated 29 June 1917 as the 2d Field Artillery
- Drafted into Federal service 5 August 1917
- Redesignated 1 October 1917 as the 129th Field Artillery and assigned to the 35th Division
- Demobilized 6 May 1919 at Fort Riley, Kansas
- Reconstituted 27 June 1946 in the Missouri National Guard as the 129th Field Artillery Battalion and assigned to the 35th Infantry Division
- Organized and Federally recognized 20 October 1947 with Headquarters at Maryville
- Reorganized and redesignated 15 April 1959 as the 129th Artillery, a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System, to consist of the 1st Howitzer Battalion, an element of the 35th Infantry Division
- Reorganized 1 April 1963 to consist of the 1st Howitzer Battalion
- Reorganized 15 January 1968 to consist of the 1st Battalion
- Redesignated 1 March 1972 as the 129th Field Artillery
- Withdrawn 1 June 1989 from the Combat Arms Regimental System and reorganized under the United States Army Regimental System
- (1st Battalion ordered into active Federal service 13 March 2004 at home stations; released from active Federal service 12 March 2005 and reverted to state control)
- Redesignated 1 October 2005 as the 129th Field Artillery Regiment
- (1st Battalion ordered into active Federal service 8 April 2008 at home stations; released from active Federal service 12 May 2009 and reverted to state control)
- ANNEX
- Organized 26 June 1886 in the Missouri National Guard at Independence as Company F, 3d Regiment
- Mustered into Federal service 14 May 1898 at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri, as Company F, 3d Missouri Volunteer Infantry; mustered out of Federal service 7 November 1898 at Kansas City and reverted to state control as Company F, 3d Infantry
- Converted and redesignated 23 November 1914 as Battery C
Campaign Participation Credit
- World War I
- Meuse-Argonne
- Alsace 1918
- Lorraine 1918
Headquarters Battery (Maryville) and Battery A (Albany), 1st Battalion, each additionally entitled to:
- World War II
- Normandy
- Northern France
- Rhineland
- Ardennes-Alsace
- Central Europe
Battery B (Chillicothe), 1st Battalion, additionally entitled to:
- World War II
- Aleutian Islands
Decorations
- Battery B (Chillicothe), 1st Battalion, additionally entitled to:
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN MAR 2007- MAR 2008
- Battery D (Independence), 1st Battalion, additionally entitled to:
- Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 2003-2005
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
CHARLES R. BOWERY, JR.
Chief of Military History
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