Lineage and Honors Information as of As of 11 Dec 2009
133d FIELD ARTILLERY
(FIRST TEXAS ARTILLERY)
Organized 20 September 1899 in the Texas Volunteer Guard at El Paso as the Border Rifles and assigned to the 4th Infantry Regiment as Company B
(Texas Volunteer Guard redesignated 1 July 1903 as the Texas National Guard)
Expanded 18 July 1905 to form Companies B and K, 4th Infantry Regiment (Company B—hereafter separate lineage)
Company K, 4th Infantry Regiment, mustered into Federal service 18 May 1916; mustered out of Federal service 24 March 1917
Mustered into Federal service 11 April 1917; drafted into Federal service 5 August 1917
Reorganized and redesignated 15 October 1917 as Company G, 144th Infantry, an element of the 36th Division
Demobilized 21 June 1919 at Camp Bowie, Texas
Expanded, reorganized, and Federally recognized 11 May 1922 in the Texas National Guard as the 2d Battalion, 141st Infantry, an element of the 36th Division (later redesignated as the 36th Infantry Division), with Headquarters at El Paso
Inducted into Federal service 25 November 1940 at home stations
Inactivated 22 December 1945 at Camp Patrick Henry, Virginia
Converted (less Companies F and G), reorganized, and Federally recognized 2 December 1946 as the 696th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion, with Headquarters at El Paso; concurrently relieved from assignment to the 36th Infantry Division (Companies F and G, 141st Infantry-hereafter separate lineages)
Redesignated 1 May 1949 as the 136th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion and assigned to the 36th Infantry Division
Redesignated 1 October 1953 as the 136th Antiaricraft Artillery Battalion
Consolidated 16 March 1959 with the 132d (see ANNEX 1), 133d (see ANNEX 2), and 155th (see ANNEX 3) Field Artillery Battalions to form the 133d Artillery, a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System, to consist of the 1st, 2d, 3d, 4th, and 5th Howitzer Battalions, elements of the 36th Infantry Division
Reorganized 1 March 1963 to consist of the 2d, 3d, 4th, and 5th Howitzer Battalions, elements of the 36th Infantry Division
Reorganized 1 November 1965 to consist of the 2d, 3d, and 5th Battalions, elements of the 36th Infantry Division, and the 4th Battalion, an element of the 36th Infantry Brigade
Reorganized 15 January 1968 to consist of the 1st Battalion, an element of the 71st Airborne Brigade, the 3d Battalion, and the 4th Battalion, an element of the 36th Infantry Brigade
Redesignated 1 May 1972 as the 133d Field Artillery
Reorganized 1 November 1973 to consist of the 1st , 3d, and 4th Battalions, elements of the 49th Armored Division
Reorganized 1 September 1979 to consist of the 1st, 3d, and 4th Battalions and Battery E, elements of the 49th Armored Division
Withdrawn 4 March 1987 from the Combat Arms Regimental System and reorganized under the United States Army Regimental System
Reorganized 1 September 1999 to consist of the 1st, 3d, and 4th Battalions, elements of the 49th Armored Division
ANNEX 1
Constituted 5 May 1917 in the Texas National Guard as the 1st Battalion, 2d Field Artillery
Organized June-July 1917 in north central Texas
Drafted into Federal service 5 August 1917
Reorganized and redesignated 15 October 1917 as the 1st Battalion, 131st Field Artillery, an element of the 36th Division
Demobilized 2 April 1919 at Camp Travis, Texas
Reorganized in 1922 in the Texas National Guard as the 1st Battalion, 131st Field Artillery, an element of the 36th Division; Headquarters Federally recognized 29 October 1922 at Plainview
Inducted into Federal service 25 November 1940 at home stations
Reorganized and redesignated 9 February 1942 as the 131st Field Artillery Battalion, an element of the 36th Infantry Division
Inactivated 26 December 1945 at Camp Patrick Henry, Virginia
Expanded 2 July 1946 to form the 131st and 132d Field Artillery Battalions, elements of the 36th Infantry Division (131st Field Artillery Battalion-hereafter separate lineage)
132d Field Artillery Battalion reorganized and Federally recognized 10 July 1947 in western Texas with Headquarters at Lubbock
ANNEX 2
Organized in 1922 in the Texas National Guard from new and existing units as the 2d Battalion, 132d Field Artillery, an element of the 36th Division; Headquarters Federally recognized 28 January 1923 at Corsicana
Inducted into Federal service 25 November 1940 at home stations
Reorganized and redesignated 9 February 1942 as the 155th Field Artillery Battalion, an element of the 36th Infantry Division
Redesignated 5 November 1942 as the 133d Field Artillery Battalion
Inactivated 18 December 1945 at Camp Patrick Henry, Virginia
Reorganized and Federally recognized 12 May 1947 with Headquarters at Corsicana
ANNEX 3
Constituted 5 May 1917 in the Texas National Guard as the 1st Field Artillery
Organized 4 June 1917 with Headquarters at Dallas
Drafted into Federal service 5 August 1917
Redesignated 15 October 1917 as the 133d Field Artillery and assigned to the 36th Division
Demobilized 2 April 1919 at Camp Bowie, Texas
Reorganized 1 June 1936 in the Texas National Guard as the 133d Field Artillery and assigned to the 36th Division; Headquarters Federally recognized 9 July 1936 at San Antonio
Inducted into Federal service 25 November 1940 at home stations
Regiment broken up 9 February 1942 and its elements reorganized and redesignated as follows:
Headquarters disbanded
1st Battalion as the 133d Field Artillery Battalion, an element of the
36th Infantry Division
(Headquarters Battery consolidated with the Pioneer Company, 626th Tank Destroyer Battalion; 2d Battalion as the 2d Battalion, 202d Field Artillery—hereafter separate lineages)
133d Field Artillery Battalion redesignated 5 November 1942 as the 155th
Field Artillery Battalion
Inactivated 18 December 1945 at Camp Patrick Henry, Virginia
Expanded 2 July 1946 to form the 155th Field Artillery Battalion, an element of the 36th Infantry Division, and the 749th Armored Ordnance Battalion, an element of the 49th Armored Division (749th Armored Ordnance Battalion—hereafter separate lineages)
155th Field Artillery Battalion consolidated with Headquarters, 133d Field Artillery (reconstituted 25 August 1945 in the Texas National Guard), and consolidated unit reorganized and Federally recognized 10 February 1947 in central Texas as the 155th Field Artillery Battalion with Headquarters at New Braunfels
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
World War I
Meuse-Argonne
World War II
Naples-Foggia (with arrowhead)
Anzio
Rome-Arno
Southern France (with arrowhead)
Rhineland
Ardennes-Alsace
Central Europe
Battery B (Port Arthur), 1st Battalion, additionally entitled to:
World War I
St. Mihiel
World War II (Asiatic-Pacific Theater)
Silver Band without campaign inscription
Battery C (Lufkin), 1st Battalion, additionally entitled to:
World War II-AP
Leyte (with arrowhead)
Ryukyus (with arrowhead)
Battery B (Sequin), 4th Battalion, additionally entitled to:
World War II-AP
India-Burma
Central Burma
DECORATIONS
French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II, Streamer embroidered VOSGES
Headquarters Battery (Beaumont), 1st Battalion, additionally entitled to:
Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered ALSACE
Battery B (Port Arthur), 1st Battalion, additionally entitled to:
Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered BRIEYERES
Battery C (Lufkin), 1st Battalion, additionally entitled to:
Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 1944 TO 4 JULY 1945
Headquarters Battery (El Paso), 3d Battalion, additionally entitled to:
Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered COLMAR POCKET
Headquarters Battery (New Braunfels), 4th Battalion, additionally entitled to:
Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered RIVIERA
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered EUROPEAN THEATER
Battery C (Corpus Christi), 4th Battalion, additionally entitled to:
Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered SALERNO
Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered COLMAR POCKET
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
JEFFREY J. CLARKE
Chief of Military History