Lineages and Honors Information
Field Artillery

Lineage and Honors Information as of 23 August 2019

134th Field Artillery Regiment

  • Organized 6 July 1839 in the Ohio Militia at Cleveland as the Gun Section, Cleveland Grays, Sergeant D.L. Wood commanding
  • Expanded, reorganized and redesignated 4 July 1845 as the Cleveland Light Artillery, Captain D.L. Wood commanding
  • Expanded, reorganized and redesignated 1 August 1860 as the 1st Regiment, Ohio Light Artillery, Colonel James Barnett commanding
  • Mustered into Federal service 21 April 1861; mustered out of Federal service 27 July 1861 at Columbus
  • Reorganized and mustered into Federal service by batteries 6 September – 3 December 1861; mustered out of Federal service by batteries 16 December 1864 – 31 August 1865 and continued in state service as independent artillery batteries
  • Reorganized 6 May 1886 in the Ohio National Guard as the 1st Regiment Light Artillery
  • Elements of the regiment reorganized and redesignated 3 May 1898 as the 1st Battalion, Ohio Volunteer Artillery (remainder of the regiment converted to cavalry and infantry)
  • Mustered into Federal service 11 May 1898; mustered out of Federal service 21-23 October 1898 at Columbus and resumed state status as the 1st Regiment Light Artillery
  • Regiment disbanded 14 April 1899 with elements continuing as unattached batteries
  • Reorganized 23 September 1911 as the 1st Battalion, Field Artillery
  • Mustered into Federal service 5 July 1916 at Camp Willis, Ohio
  • Expanded, reorganized and redesignated 4 May 1917 as the 1st Field Artillery
  • Drafted into Federal service 5 August 1917
  • Reorganized and redesignated 15 September 1917 as the 134th Field Artillery, an element of the 37th Division
  • Demobilized 9 April 1919 at Camp Sherman, Ohio
  • Reorganized 4 August 1919 in the Ohio National Guard as the 1st Field Artillery
  • Expanded, reorganized and redesignated 1 July 1921 as the 134th and 135th Field Artillery
  • After 1 July 1921 the above units underwent changes as follows:
  • Headquarters, 134th Field Artillery, Federally recognized 5 May 1922 at Columbus
  • Regiment inducted into Federal service 15 October 1940 at home stations
  • Regiment broken up 1 February 1942 and its elements reorganized and redesignated as follows:
  • Headquarters Battery converted and redesignated as the Pioneer Company, 637th Tank Destroyer Battalion
  • Reorganized and redesignated 31 May 1942 as the Reconnaissance Company, 637th Tank Destroyer Battalion, an element of the 37th Infantry Division
  • Inactivated 26 January 1946 in Japan
  • 1st Battalion reorganized and redesignated 1 February 1942 as the 134th Field Artillery Battalion
  • Inactivated 13 October 1945 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina;
  • 2d Battalion reorganized and redesignated 1 February 1942 as the 140th Field Artillery Battalion, an element of the 37th Infantry Division
  • Inactivated 18 December 1945 at Camp Anza, California
  • Reconnaissance Company, 637th Tank Destroyer Battalion, 134th, and 140th Field Artillery Battalion consolidated, reorganized and Federally recognized 22 November 1946 as the 174th Field Artillery Battalion with Headquarters at Columbus
  • Consolidated 1 September 1959 with the 134th Field Artillery Battalion (see ANNEX 1) to form the 134th Field Artillery, a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System, to consist of the 1st and 2d Howitzer Battalions, elements of the 37th Infantry Division
  • Reorganized 1 April 1963 to consist of the 1st and 2d Battalions, elements of the 37th Infantry Division
  • Regiment broken up 15 February 1968 as various units in the Ohio Army National Guard
  • Headquarters, 135th Field Artillery, Federally recognized 1 February 1922 at Cleveland
  • Regiment inducted into Federal service 15 October 1940 at home stations
  • Regiment (less 2d Battalion) reorganized and redesignated 1 February 1942 as the 135th Field Artillery Battalion, an element of the 37th Infantry Division; 2d Battalion concurrently reorganized and redesignated as the 1st Battalion, 174th Field Artillery and relieved from assignment to the 37th Division
  • After 1 February 1942 the above units underwent changes as follows:
  • 135th Field Artillery Battalion inactivated 13-18 December 1945 at Camp Anza, California
  • Expanded and reorganized as the 135th Field Artillery Battalion, (Federally recognized 21 November 1946 with Headquarters at Cleveland) and the 987th Armored Field Artillery Battalion (Federally recognized 9 July 1947 with Headquarters at Canton)
  • After 9 July 1947 the above units underwent changes as follows:
  • 135th Field Artillery Battalion ordered into active Federal service 15 January 1952 at home stations
  • (135th Field Artillery Battalion [NGUS] organized and Federally recognized 15 January 1954 with Headquarters at Cleveland)
  • Released 15 June 1954 from active Federal service and reverted to state control; Federal recognition concurrently withdrawn from 135th Field Artillery Battalion (NGUS)
  • 987th Armored Field Artillery Battalion ordered into active Federal service 14 August 1950 at home stations
  • Reorganized and redesignated 27 September 1952 as the 987th Field Artillery Battalion
  • Released 27 September 1954 from active Federal service and reverted to state control
  • Federal recognition withdrawn 28 September 1954
  • 1st Battalion, 174th Field Artillery, reorganized and redesignated 25 February 1943 as the 174th Field Artillery Battalion
  • Inactivated 23 December 1945 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey
  • Reorganized and Federally recognized 20 November 1946 as the 140th Field Artillery Battalion, an element of the 37th Infantry Division, with Headquarters at Toledo
  • Ordered into active Federal service 15 January 1952 at home stations
  • (140th Field Artillery Battalion [NGUS] organized and Federally recognized 15 January 1954 with Headquarters at Toledo)
  • Released 14 June 1954 from active Federal service and reverted to state control; Federal recognition concurrently withdrawn from the 140th Field Artillery Battalion (NGUS)
  • 135th, 140th, and 987th Field Artillery Battalions consolidated 1 September 1959 to form the 135th Artillery, a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System, to consist of the 1st and 2d Howitzer Battalions, elements of the 37th Infantry Division
  • Reorganized 1 April 1963 to consist of the 1st Battalion, an element of the 37th Infantry Division
  • Regiment broken up 15 February-1 May 1968 and its elements reorganized and redesignated as the Howitzer Batteries, 1st and 2d Squadrons, 107th Armored Cavalry
  • Batteries consolidated 1 May 1977 to form the Howitzer Battery, 3d Squadron, 107th Armored Cavalry
  • Former elements of the 134th Artillery and the Howitzer Battery, 3d Squadron, 107th Armored Cavalry, consolidated 2 September 1993 with the 136th Field Artillery (see ANNEX 2) to form the 134th Field Artillery, a parent regiment under the United States Army Regimental System, to consist of the 1st Battalion, an element of the 28th Infantry Division
  • Reorganized 1 September 1994 to consist of the 1st Battalion, an element of the 38th Infantry Division
  • Reorganized 1 September 1997 to consist of the 1st Battalion and Battery F, elements of the 38th Infantry Division
  • (1st Battalion and Battery F ordered into active Federal service 10 February 2004 at home stations; released from active Federal service 8 February 2005 and reverted to state control)
  • Reorganized 1 September 2005 to consist of the 1st Battalion, an element of the 38th Infantry Division
  • Redesignated 1 October 2005 as the 134th Field Artillery Regiment
  • Reorganized 1 September 2007 to consist of the 1st Battalion, an element of the 37th Infantry Brigade Combat Team
  • (1st Battalion ordered into active Federal service 3 January 2008 at home stations; released from active Federal service 9 January 2009 and reverted to state control)
  • (1st Battalion ordered into active Federal service 11 September 2011 at home stations; released from active Federal service 14 October 2012 and reverted to state control)
  • Reorganized 1 September 2018 in the Ohio, Michigan, and South Carolina Army National Guard, to consist of the 1st Battalion, an element of the 37th Infantry Brigade Combat Team
  • ANNEX 1
  • Constituted 7 May 1877 in the Ohio National Guard and organized from new and existing units as the 1st, 2d, and 3d Troops of Cavalry
  • 1st Troop disbanded 28 January 1879 at Cincinnati; 2d Troop converted and redesignated in 1882 as Company A, 13th Infantry Regiment at Hillsboro and 3d Troop disbanded in 1883 at Shelby
  • 1st Cleveland Troop of Cavalry organized 10 September 1887 in the Ohio National Guard at Cleveland (organized 10 October 1877 as an independent militia company)
  • Redesignated 12 September 1895 as Troop A (1st Cleveland Troop)
  • Expanded, reorganized, and redesignated 3 May 1898 as Troops A, B, and C, 1st Ohio Volunteer Cavalry; remainder of regiment organized from new and existing units
  • 1st Ohio Volunteer Cavalry mustered into Federal service 9-11 May 1898 at Camp Bushnell, Ohio; mustered out of Federal service 22-24 October 1898 at Cleveland
  • Former Troop A (1st Cleveland Troop) reorganized 14 April 1899 in the Ohio National Guard at Cleveland; Troop B reorganized 12 December 1902 in the Ohio National Guard at Columbus
  • Reorganized 25 July 1910 as the 1st Cavalry Squadron with Headquarters at Cleveland (Troops C and D organized in 1911 at Cincinnati and Toledo, respectively)
  • Mustered into Federal service 6 July 1916 at Columbus; mustered out of Federal service 28 February 1917 at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana
  • Expanded 16 April 1917 as the 1st Cavalry
  • Expanded, converted, and redesignated 23 May 1917 as the 2d and 3d Field Artillery
  • 2d and 3d Field Artillery called into Federal service 15 July 1917 at Cleveland and Youngstown, respectively; drafted into Federal service 5 August 1917
  • Reorganized and redesignated 15 September 1917 as the 135th and 136th Field Artillery, respectively, and assigned to the 37th Division
  • Demobilized 10 April 1919 at Camp Sherman, Ohio
  • Converted, reorganized, and Federally recognized 20 October 1919-18 November 1920 in the Ohio National Guard as the 1st Cavalry with Headquarters at Cincinnati
  • Redesignated 1 July 1921 as the 107th Cavalry and assigned to the 22d Cavalry Division
  • (Location of Headquarters changed 10 May 1927 to Cleveland)
  • Consolidated 1 November 1940 with the 22d Reconnaissance Squadron (organized and Federally recognized 15 September 1939 with Headquarters at Cincinnati) and consolidated unit designated as the 107th Cavalry; concurrently relieved from assignment to the 22d Cavalry Division
  • Inducted into Federal service 15 March 1941 at home stations
  • Regiment broken up 1 January 1944 and its elements reorganized and redesignated as follows:
  • Headquarters and Headquarters Troop as Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 107th Cavalry Group, Mechanized - hereafter separate lineage
  • 1st Squadron as the 22d Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, Mechanized
  • 2d Squadron as the 107th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, Mechanized - hereafter separate lineage
  • 22d Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, Mechanized, inactivated 15 August 1944 at Camp Gruber, Oklahoma
  • Reorganized and Federally recognized 23 January 1947 as the 134th Field Artillery Battalion, an element of the 37th Infantry Division, with Headquarters at Cincinnati
  • Ordered into active Federal service 15 January 1952 at home stations
  • (134th Field Artillery Battalion [NGUS] organized and Federally recognized 15 January 1954 with Headquarters at Cincinnati)
  • Released 15 June 1954 from active Federal service and reverted to state control; Federal recognition concurrently withdrawn from the 134th Field Artillery Battalion (NGUS)
  • ANNEX 2
  • Constituted 25 June 1936 in the Ohio National Guard as the 136th Field Artillery and assigned to the 37th Division
  • Organized and Federally recognized 1 April 1937 with Headquarters at Columbus
  • Inducted into Federal service 15 October 1940 at home stations
  • Regiment (less 1st Battalion) reorganized and redesignated 1 February 1942 as the 174th Field Artillery (less 1st Battalion) and relieved from assignment to the 37th Division; 1st Battalion concurrently reorganized and redesignated as the 136th Field Artillery Battalion, an element of the 37th Infantry Division
  • After 1 February 1942 the above units underwent changes as follows:
  • Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 174th Field Artillery, reorganized and redesignated 25 February 1943 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 174th Field Artillery Group; inactivated 25 October 1945 at Camp Myles Standish, Massachusetts
  • 2d Battalion, 174th Field Artillery, reorganized and redesignated 25 February 1943 as the 987th Field Artillery Battalion; inactivated 27 October 1945 at Camp Cooke, California
  • Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 174th Field Artillery Group, and the 136th and 987th Field Artillery Battalions, consolidated, reorganized, and Federally recognized 10 December 1946 as the 136th Field Artillery Battalion, an element of the 37th Infantry Division, with Headquarters at Dayton
  • Ordered into active Federal service 15 January 1952 at home stations
  • (136th Field Artillery Battalion [NGUS] organized and Federally recognized 15 January 1954 with Headquarters at Dayton)
  • Released 15 June 1954 from active Federal service and reverted to state control; Federal recognition concurrently withdrawn from the 136th Field Artillery Battalion (NGUS)
  • Reorganized and redesignated 1 September 1959 as the 136th Artillery, a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System, to consist of the 1st Rocket Howitzer Battalion and the 2d Howitzer Battalion, elements of the 37th Infantry Division
  • Reorganized 1 April 1963 to consist of the 1st and 2d Battalions, elements of the 37th Infantry Division
  • Reorganized 15 February 1968 to consist of the 1st Battalion, an element of the 38th Infantry Division
  • Redesignated 1 May 1972 as the 136th Field Artillery
  • Reorganized 1 March 1977 to consist of the 1st Battalion, an element of the 73d Infantry Brigade
  • Withdrawn 1 June 1989 from the Combat Arms Regimental System and reorganized under the United State Army Regimental System with Headquarters at Columbus
  • (73d Infantry Brigade redesignated 6 September 1992 as the 37th Infantry Brigade)

Campaign Participation Credit

  • Civil War
  • Shiloh
  • Valley
  • Manassas
  • Fredericksburg
  • Murfreesborough
  • Chancellorsville
  • Gettysburg
  • Chickamauga
  • Chattanooga
  • Atlanta
  • Franklin
  • Nashville
  • Kentucky 1862
  • Mississippi 1862
  • Tennessee 1862
  • Tennessee 1863
  • Tennessee 1864
  • Virginia 1862
  • Georgia 1864
  • World War I
  • Loraine 1918
  • World War II
  • New Guinea
  • Northern Solomons
  • Luzon (with arrowhead)
  • Normandy (with arrowhead)
  • Northern France
  • Rhineland
  • Ardennes-Alsace
  • Central Europe
  • Korean War
  • First UN Counteroffensive
  • CCF Spring Offensive
  • UN Summer-Fall Offensive
  • Second Korean Winter
  • Korea, Summer-Fall 1952
  • Third Korean Winter
  • Korea, Summer 1953
  • War on Terrorism
  • Global War on Terrorism
  • Afghanistan:
  • Transition I

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

  • War With Spain
  • Santiago
  • World War I
  • Ypres-Lys
  • Meuse-Argonne

Battery B (Piqua), 1st Battalion, additionally entitled to:

  • World War I
  • Ypres-Lys
  • Meuse-Argonne

Battery C (Marysville), 1st Battalion, additionally entitled to:

  • War with Spain
  • Puerto Rico
  • World War I
  • Champagne-Marne
  • Aisne-Marne
  • St. Mihiel
  • Meuse-Argonne
  • Champagne 1918
  • Ypres-Lys
  • War on Terrorism
  • Iraq:
  • Iraqi Sovereignty

Decorations

  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered KOREA (earned by the 987th Field Artillery Battalion)
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN 2011-2012
  • Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 1944 TO 4 JULY 1945
  • Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action at St. Vith (earned by the 987th Field Artillery Battalion)
  • Headquarters Battery (Delaware), 1st Battalion, additionally entitled to:
  • Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered MANILA
  • Battery C (Marysville), additionally entitled to:
  • Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered BOUGAINVILLE
  • Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered LUZON
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation, Streamer embroidered BOUGAINVILLE
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2009-2010
  • Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 2004-2005

By Order of the Secretary of the Army:

CHARLES R. BOWERY, JR.
Chief of Military History


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