Lineages and Honors Information
Field Artillery

Lineage and Honors Information as of 11 September 2019

157th Field Artillery Regiment
(First Colorado)

  • Constituted 8 February 1879 in the Colorado National Guard as the 1st Infantry Battalion
  • Organized 29 December 1881 with Headquarters at Denver
  • Expanded, reorganized, and redesignated 22 March 1883 as the 1st Regiment Infantry
  • Reduced, reorganized, and redesignated 2 April 1889 as the 1st Infantry Battalion
  • Expanded, reorganized, and redesignated 15 April 1893 as the 1st Infantry Regiment
  • Consolidated with the 2d Infantry Regiment (organized 27 May 1887 in the Colorado National Guard) and mustered into Federal service 1-8 May 1898 at Denver as the 1st Colorado Volunteer Infantry; mustered out of Federal Service 8 September 1899 at San Francisco, California, and resumed state status as the 1st Infantry Regiment
  • Expanded in 1900 to form the 1st and 2d Infantry
  • 1st and 2d Infantry consolidated 15 June 1916 and consolidated unit designated as the 1st Infantry
  • (Two battalions mustered into Federal service 26 June-29 July 1916 as the 1st and 2d Separate Battalions, Colorado Infantry)
  • Regiment drafted into Federal service 5 August 1917
  • Reorganized and redesignated 24 September 1917 as the 157th Infantry and assigned to the 40th Division
  • Consolidated 13 October 1917 with the 1st Colorado Cavalry (organized in 1880) and consolidated unit designated as the 157th Infantry
  • Demobilized 29 April 1919 at Fort D.A. Russell, Wyoming
  • Former infantry elements reorganized 28 February 1921 in the Colorado National Guard as the 177th Infantry; Headquarters Federally recognized 26 October 1921 at Denver
  • Redesignated 16 November 1921 as the 157th Infantry and assigned to the 45th Division (later redesignated as the 45th Infantry Division)
  • Inducted into Federal service 16 September 1940 at home stations
  • Inactivated 3 December 1945 at Camp Bowie, Texas
  • Relieved 10 May 1946 from assignment to the 45th Infantry Division
  • Reorganized and Federally recognized 8 January 1947 with Headquarters at Buckley Field
  • (Location of Headquarters changed 3 September 1947 to Denver)
  • Headquarters and the 1st Battalion converted and redesignated 1 August 1955 as the 144th Field Artillery Battalion (remainder of regiment - hereafter separate lineages)
  • Consolidated 1 February 1959 with the 168th Field Artillery Battalion (see ANNEX 1), the 183d Field Artillery Battalion (see ANNEX 2), and the 188th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion (see ANNEX 3) to form the 157th Artillery, a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System, to consist of the 1st, 2d, 3d, and 4th Howitzer Battalions
  • Reorganized 1 January 1968 to consist of the 1st and 2d Battalions
  • Redesignated 1 March 1972 as the 157th Field Artillery
  • Withdrawn 1 June 1989 from the Combat Arms Regimental System and reorganized under the United States Army Regimental System
  • Redesignated 1 October 2005 as the 157th Field Artillery Regiment
  • (1st Battalion ordered into active Federal service 20 May 2003 at home stations; released from active Federal service 18 May 2004 and reverted to state control)
  • Reorganized 1 September 2008 to consist of the 3d Battalion1
  • (3d Battalion ordered into active Federal service 15 April 2009 at home stations; released from active Federal service 19 May 2010 and reverted to state control)
  • ANNEX 1
  • Organized 30 September 1911 in the Colorado National Guard at Denver as the 1st Battalion, Field Artillery
  • Reorganized 20 October 1914 as Batteries A and B, Field Artillery (Battery B mustered into Federal service 4 July 1916 at Golden)
  • Reorganized 5 July 1916 as the 1st Separate Battalion, Field Artillery, with Batteries A, B, and C; remainder of battalion mustered into Federal service 20 July-14 August 1916 at Golden
  • Mustered out of Federal service 6 March 1917 at Fort D.A. Russell, Wyoming
  • Drafted into Federal service 5 August 1917
  • Reorganized and redesignated 19 September 1917 as the 1st Battalion, 148th Field Artillery, an element of the 41st Division
  • Demobilized 29 June 1919 at Fort D.A. Russell, Wyoming
  • Reorganized and Federally recognized 9 July 1923 in the Colorado National Guard as the 1st Battalion, 158th Field Artillery, with Headquarters at Denver
  • Reorganized and redesignated 1 July 1926 as the 168th Field Artillery Battalion
  • Consolidated 1 August 1933 with the 117th Separate Squadron, Cavalry to form the 168th Field Artillery with Headquarters at Denver
  • Inducted into Federal service 24 February 1941 at home stations
  • Headquarters and the 1st Battalion reorganized and redesignated 1 March 1943 as the 168th Field Artillery Battalion (remainder of regiment, including the former 117th Separate Squadron, Cavalry - hereafter separate lineages)
  • 168th Field Artillery Battalion inactivated 17 January 1946 at Camp Stoneman, California
  • Reorganized and Federally recognized 6 January 1947 with Headquarters at Denver
  • ANNEX 2
  • Constituted 10 May 1946 in the Colorado National Guard as Company C, 199th Engineer Combat Battalion
  • Organized and Federally recognized 12 March 1948 at La Junta
  • Converted and redesignated 15 December 1949 as Company M, 157th Infantry
  • Converted and redesignated 1 August 1955 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 183d Field Artillery Battalion (organic elements concurrently organized from existing units)
  • ANNEX 3
  • Organized and Federally recognized 14 June 1921 in the Colorado National Guard at Pueblo as Battery A, Field Artillery
  • Redesignated 1 November 1921 as Battery A, 158th Field Artillery
  • Redesignated 1 May 1922 as Battery C, 158th Field Artillery
  • Reorganized and redesignated 1 July 1926 as Battery C, 168th Field Artillery Battalion
  • Reorganized and redesignated 1 August 1933 as Battery C, 168th Field Artillery
  • Redesignated 1 September 1933 as Battery F, 168th Field Artillery
  • Inducted into Federal service 24 February 1941 at Pueblo
  • Reorganized and redesignated 1 March 1943 as Battery C, 983d Field Artillery Battalion
  • Inactivated 19 December 1945 at Camp Stoneman, California
  • Converted and redesignated 10 May 1946 as Company C, 193d Tank Battalion
  • Reorganized and Federally recognized 18 May 1947 at Pueblo
  • Redesignated 1 November 1949 as Company C, 193d Heavy Tank Battalion
  • Ordered into active Federal service 3 September 1950 at Pueblo; released 2 July 1952 from active Federal service and reverted to state control
  • Redesignated 1 December 1952 as Company C, 193d Tank Battalion
  • Converted and redesignated 1 August 1955 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 188th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion (organic elements concurrently organized from existing units)

Campaign Participation Credit

  • War with Spain
  • Manila
  • Philippine Insurrection
  • Manila
  • Luzon 1899
  • World War I
  • Champagne-Marne
  • Aisne-Marne
  • St. Mihiel
  • Meuse-Argonne
  • Champagne 1918
  • World War II
  • Sicily (with arrowhead)
  • Naples-Foggia (with arrowhead)
  • Anzio
  • Rome-Arno
  • Southern France (with arrowhead)
  • Rhineland
  • Ardennes-Alsace
  • Central Europe
  • New Guinea
  • Luzon
  • War on Terrorism
  • Campaigns to be determined

Headquarters Battery (Colorado Springs), 3d Battalion, additionally entitled to:

  • World War II
  • Leyte
  • Southern Philippines

Decorations

  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2009-2010
  • French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II, Streamer embroidered ITALY (earned as the 157th Infantry)
  • Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 1944 TO 4 JULY 1945 (earned as the 168th Field Artillery Battalion)
  • Battery B (Aurora), 3d Battalion, additionally entitled to:
  • Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered ANZIO (earned as Company H, 157th Infantry)
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA OCT 2016 - JUL 2017

By Order of the Secretary of the Army:

CHARLES R. BOWERY, JR.
Chief of Military History

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