7th Field Artillery
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[1]Constituted 1 July 1916 in the Regular Army as the 7th Field Artillery
Organized 7-15 July 1916 at Fort Sam Houston, Texas
Assigned 8 June 1917 to the 1st Expeditionary Division (later redesignated as the 1st Infantry Division)
Reorganized and redesignated 1 October 1940 as the 7th Field Artillery Battalion
Inactivated 15 February 1957 at Fort Riley, Kansas, and relieved from assignment to the 1st Infantry Division
Consolidated 20 December 1965 with Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 7th Artillery Group, and the 7th and 26th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalions (all organized in 1898 as the 7th Regiment of Artillery) and consolidated unit reorganized and redesignated as the 7th Artillery, a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System
7th Artillery (less former Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 7th Artillery Group, and the 7th and 26th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalions) reorganized and redesignated 1 September 1971 as the 7th Field Artillery, a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System (former elements concurrently reorganized and redesignated as the 7th Air Defense Artillery - hereafter separate lineage)
Withdrawn 16 April 1988 from the Combat Arms Regimental System and reorganized under the United States Army Regimental System
7th Field Artillery Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
World War I: Montdidier-Noyon; Aisne-Marne; St. Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne; Lorraine 1917; Lorraine 1918; Picardy 1918
World War II: Algeria-French Morocco (with arrowhead); Tunisia; Sicily (with arrowhead); Normandy (with arrowhead); Northern France; Rhineland; Ardennes-Alsace; Central Europe
Vietnam: Defense; Counteroffensive; Counteroffensive, Phase II; Counteroffensive, Phase III; Tet Counteroffensive; Counteroffensive, Phase IV; Counteroffensive, Phase V; Counteroffensive, Phase VI; Tet 69/Counteroffensive; Summer-Fall 1969; Winter-Spring 1970
Decorations
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for VIETNAM 1966-1967
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for VIETNAM 1967-1968
French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War I for LORRAINE-PICARDY
French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War I for AISNE-MARNE and MEUSE-ARGONNE
French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II for KASSERINE
French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II for NORMANDY
French Medaille Militaire, Fourragere
Belgian Fourragere 1940
Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action at MONS
Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action at EUPEN-MALMEDY
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