Lineage and Honors Information as of 12 May 2014
Headquarters and Headquarters Battery 142d Fires Brigade
- Organized 1905-1910 in the Arkansas State Guard at Fayetteville as Company B, 2d Regiment of Infantry
- (Arkansas State Guard redesignated 31 March 1907 as the Arkansas National Guard)
- Mustered into Federal service 6-9 July 1917 at Fort Logan H. Roots, Arkansas; mustered out of Federal service 9 March 1917 at Fort Logan H. Roots, Arkansas
- Mustered into Federal service 1 April 1917 at Camp Pike, Arkansas, as an element of the 39th Division
- Drafted into Federal service 5 August 1917
- Consolidated 1 November 1917 with Company M, 2d Regiment of Infantry (organized in 1897 at Harrison), converted, and redesignated as Battery B, 142d Field Artillery, an element of the 39th Division
- Demobilized 26 June 1919 at Camp Pike, Arkansas
- Former Company B, 2d Regiment of Infantry, reorganized and Federally recognized 4 December 1923 in the Arkansas National Guard at Fayetteville as Battery A, 206th Artillery (Coast Artillery Corps)
- Redesignated 22 April 1924 as Battery A, 206th Coast Artillery
- Converted and redesignated 3 September 1931 as Battery A, 142d Field Artillery
- Consolidated 30 September 1996 with Headquarters Detachment, 937th Signal Battalion (see ANNEX 2), and consolidated unit designated as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 142d Field Artillery Brigade
- Reorganized and redesignated 3 September 2006 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 142d Fires Brigade
- ANNEX 1
- Organized and Federally recognized 18 May 1927 in the Arkansas National Guard at Fayetteville as Battery E, 206th Coast Artillery
- Converted and redesignated 2 September 1931 as Battery B, 142d Field Artillery
- Inducted into Federal service 6 January 1941 at Fayetteville
- Reorganized and redesignated 25 February 1943 as Battery B, 936th Field Artillery Battalion
- Inactivated 16 October 1945 in Italy
- ANNEX 2
- Organized and Federally recognized 26 April 1937 in the Arkansas National Guard at Fayetteville as Headquarters Battery and Combat Train, 3d Battalion, 142d Field Artillery
- Redesignated 14 July 1937 as Headquarters Battery and Combat Train, 1st Battalion, 142d Field Artillery
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 July 1940 as Headquarters Battery, 1st Battalion, 142d Field Artillery
- Inducted into Federal service 6 January 1941 at Fayetteville
- Reorganized and redesignated 25 February 1943 as Headquarters Battery, 936th Field Artillery Battalion
- Inactivated 16 October 1945 in Italy
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
- World War I
- Streamer without inscription
- World War II
- Naples-Foggia
- Rome-Arno
- North Apennines
- Po Valley
- Southwest Asia
- Liberation and Defense of Kuwait
- Cease-Fire
DECORATIONS
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Center of Military History
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