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2d Battalion, 321st Field Artillery Regiment

Lineage and Honors Information as of 17 August 2006

2d Battalion, 321st Field Artillery Regiment Lineage

Constituted 5 August 1917 in the National Army as Battery B, 321st Field Artillery, an element of the 82d Division

Organized 2 September 1917 at Camp Gordon, Georgia

Demobilized 26 May 1919 at Camp Dix, New Jersey

Reconstituted 5 June 1930 in the Organized Reserves; concurrently, consolidated with Battery B, 321st Field Artillery (active) (constituted in July 1923 in the Organized Reserves as Battery B, 452d Field Artillery, and organized in Georgia; redesignated 5 October 1929 as Battery B, 321st Field Artillery, an element of the 82d Division), and consolidated unit designated as Battery B, 321st Field Artillery, an element of the 82d Division

Reorganized and redesignated 13 February 1942 as Battery B, 321st Field Artillery Battalion

Ordered into active military service 25 March 1942 and reorganized at Camp Claiborne, Louisiana

Reorganized and redesignated 15 August 1942 as Battery B, 321st Glider Field Artillery Battalion, an element of the 101st Airborne Division

Inactivated 30 November 1945 in Germany

(Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps)

Redesignated 18 June 1948 as Battery B, 518th Airborne Field Artillery Battalion

Withdrawn 25 June 1948 from the Organized Reserve Corps and allotted to the Regular Army

Activated 6 July 1948 at Camp Breckinridge, Kentucky

Inactivated 1 April 1949 at Camp Breckinridge, Kentucky

Activated 25 August 1950 at Camp Breckinridge, Kentucky

Inactivated 1 December 1953 at Camp Breckinridge, Kentucky

Activated 15 May 1954 at Fort Jackson, South Carolina

Redesignated 1 July 1956 as Battery B, 321st Airborne Field Artillery Battalion

Reorganized and redesignated 25 April 1957 as Battery B, 321st Artillery, an element of the 101st Airborne Division

Relieved 1 February 1964 from assignment to the 101st Airborne Division and assigned to the 82d Airborne Division

Reorganized and redesignated 25 May 1964 as Headquarters, Headquarters and Service Battery, 2d Battalion, 321st Artillery (organic elements constituted 6 March 1964 and activated 25 May 1964)

Redesignated 1 September 1971 as the 2d Battalion, 321st Field Artillery

Inactivated 2 October 1986 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, and relieved from assignment to the 82d Airborne Division

Redesignated 1 October 2005 as the 2d Battalion, 321st Field Artillery Regiment

Assigned 16 June 2006 to the 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82d Airborne Division and activated at Fort Bragg, North Carolina

2d Battalion, 321st Field Artillery Regiment Honors

Campaign Participation Credit

World War I: *St. Mihiel; *Meuse-Argonne; *Lorraine 1918

World War II: *Normandy (with arrowhead); *Rhineland (with arrowhead); *Ardennes-Alsace; *Central Europe

Vietnam: *Tet Counteroffensive; *Counteroffensive, Phase IV; *Counteroffensive, Phase V; *Counteroffensive, Phase VI; *Tet 69/Counteroffensive; *Summer-Fall 1969; *Winter-Spring 1970

Armed Forces Expeditions: *Dominican Republic

Decorations

*Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered BASTOGNE

*French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II for NORMANDY

* Netherlands Orange Lanyard

*Belgian Fourragere 1940

*Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in France and Belgium

*Belgian Croix de Guerre 1940 with Palm for BASTOGNE; cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action at Bastogne

* Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm for VIETNAM 1968-1969

* Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class for VIETNAM 1968

Batteries A and B each additionally entitled to:

Valorous Unit Award for HUE and SAIGON


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