41st Field Artillery

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Constituted 26 August 1918 in the Regular Army as the 41st Artillery (Coast Artillery Corps)

Organized 1 October 1918 at Fort Monroe, Virginia

Demobilized 22 December 1918 at Fort Monroe, Virginia

Reconstituted 15 January 1921 in the Regular Army as the Hawaiian Railway Battalion

Organized 22 December 1921 at Fort Kamehameha, Hawaii

Redesignated 1 June 1922 as the 41st Artillery Battalion (Railway) (Coast Artillery Corps)

Reorganized and redesignated 1 July 1924 as the 41st Coast Artillery

Inactivated (less 1st Battalion) 30 June 1931 at Fort Kamehameha, Hawaii

Activated (less 1st Battalion) 21 April 1942 at Fort Hase, Hawaii

Disbanded (less Batteries A, D, and G) 25 May 1944 at Fort Kamehameha, Hawaii (Batteries D and G - hereafter separate lineages) (Battery A concurrently reorganized and redesignated as the 831st Coast Artillery Battery; disbanded 13 August 1944 at Fort Kamehameha, Hawaii)

1st Battalion, 41st Coast Artillery, and the 831st Coast Artillery Battery reconstituted 28 June 1950 in the Regular Army; concurrently consolidated with the 41st Field Artillery Battalion (active) (see ANNEX) and consolidated unit designated as the 41st Field Artillery Battalion, an element of the 41st Infantry Division

Relieved 6 April 1951 from assignment to the 3d Infantry Division

Assigned 2 December 1954 to the 3d Infantry Division

Inactivated 1 July 1957 at Fort Benning, Georgia, and relieved from assignment to the 3d Infantry Division

Reorganized and redesignated 31 July 1959 as the 41st Artillery, a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System

Redesignated 1 September 1971 as the 41st Field Artillery

Withdrawn 16 August 1988 from the Combat Arms Regimental System and reorganized under the United States Army Regimental System

ANNEX

Constituted 5 July 1918 in the National Army as the 41st Field Artillery and assigned to the 14th Division

Organized 10 August 1918 at Camp Custer, Michigan

Demobilized 6 February 1919 at Camp Custer, Michigan

Reconstituted 1 October 1933 in the Regular Army as the 41st Field Artillery

Redesignated 1 October 1940 as the 41st Field Artillery Battalion, assigned to the 3d Division (later redesignated as the 3d Infantry Division), and activated at Fort Lewis, Washington

41st Field Artillery Honors

Campaign Participation Credit

World War II: Algeria-French Morocco (with arrowhead); Tunisia; Sicily (with arrowhead); Naples-Foggia; Anzio (with arrowhead); Rome-Arno; Southern France (with arrowhead); Rhineland; Central Europe; Central Pacific

Vietnam: 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; Sanctuary Counteroffensive; Counteroffensive, Phase VII; Consolidation I; Consolidation II

Southwest Asia: Defense of Saudi Arabia; Liberation and Defense of Kuwait; Cease-Fire

Decorations

Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for COLMAR

Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for BINH THUAN PROVINCE

Valorous Unit Award for IRAQ-KUWAIT

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for VIETNAM 1967-1968

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for VIETNAM 1968-1969

Army Superior Unit Award for 1983-1985

Army Superior Unit Award for 1994

French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II for COLMAR

French Croix de Guerre, World War II, Fourragere

  
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