3d Battalion, 82d Field Artillery
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[1]Constituted 1 July 1916 in the Regular Army as Troops E and F, 24th Cavalry
Organized 5 June 1917 at Fort D. A. Russell, Wyoming
Consolidated, converted, and redesignated 1 November 1917 as Battery C, 82d Field Artillery, an element of the 15th Cavalry Division
(82d Field Artillery relieved in May 1918 from assignment to the 15th Cavalry Division)
Reorganized and redesignated 9 September 1921 as Battery C, 82d Field Artillery Battalion, an element of the 1st Cavalry Division
Reorganized and redesignated 17 March 1930 as Battery C, 82d Field Artillery
Inactivated 1 December 1934 at Fort Bliss, Texas
Redesignated 3 January 1941 as Battery C, 82d Field Artillery Battalion, and activated at Fort Bliss, Texas
Inactivated 15 October 1957 in Japan and relieved from assignment to the 1st Cavalry Division
Redesignated 1 June 1958 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 3d Gun Battalion, 82d Artillery (organic elements concurrently constituted)
Battalion activated 25 June 1958 in Germany
Inactivated 20 December 1963 in Germany
Redesignated 10 September 1964 as the 3d Battalion, 82d Artillery, and assigned to the 196th Infantry Brigade
Activated 15 September 1965 at Fort Devens, Massachusetts
Relieved 15 February 1969 from assignment to the 196th Infantry Brigade and assigned to the 23d Infantry Division
Redesignated 1 September 1971 as the 3d Battalion, 82d Field Artillery
Relieved 1 November 1971 from assignment to the 23d Infantry Division and assigned to the 196th Infantry Brigade
Inactivated 30 June 1972 at Oakland, California, and relieved from assignment to the 196th Infantry Brigade
Assigned 16 June 1986 to the 1st Cavalry Division and activated at Fort Hood, Texas
3d Battalion
82d Field Artillery Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
World War II: *New Guinea; *Bismark Archipelago; *Leyte (with arrowhead); *Luzon
Korean War: *UN Defensive; *UN Offensive; *CCF Intervention; *First UN Counteroffensive; *CCF Spring Offensive; *UN Summer-Fall Offensive; *Second Korean Winter
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; *Cease-Fire
Southwest Asia: *Defense of Saudi Arabia; *Liberation and Defense of Kuwait
Decorations
*Valorous Unit Award for IRAQ
*Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for VIETNAM 1967-1969
*Philippine Presidential Unit Citation for 17 OCTOBER 1944 TO 4 JULY 1945
*Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation for WAEGWAN-TAEGU
*Chryssoun Aristion Andrias (Bravery Gold Medal of Greece) for KOREA
*Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm for VIETNAM 1969-1970
*Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm for VIETNAM 1971
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