Constituted 5 August 1917 in the National Army as Battery A, 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 and consolidated with Battery A, 321st Field Artillery (constituted in July 1923 in the Organized Reserves as Battery A, 452d Field Artillery, and organized in Georgia; redesignated 5 October 1929 as Battery A, 321st Field Artillery, an element of the 82d Division); consolidated unit designated as Battery A, 321st Field Artillery, an element of the 82d Division (later redesignated as the 82d Airborne Division)

Reorganized and redesignated 13 February 1942 as Battery A, 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 A, 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 A, 518th Airborne Field Artillery Battalion

(518th Airborne Field Artillery Battalion withdrawn 25 June 1948 from the Organized Reserve Corps and allotted to the Regular Army)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 A, 321st Airborne Field Artillery Battalion

Reorganized and redesignated 25 April 1957 as Battery A, 321st Artillery

Reorganized and redesignated 3 February 1964 as Headquarters, Headquarters and Service Battery, 1st Battalion, 321st Artillery (organic elements constituted 21 January 1964 and activated 3 February 1964)

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

Inactivated 2 October 1986 at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, and relieved from assignment to the 101st Airborne Division

Activated 16 January 1996 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina

1st Battalion
321st Field Artillery 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: *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

Decorations

*Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for BASTOGNE

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

*Belgian Fourragere 1940

*Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in BELGIUM AND GERMANY

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

*Netherlands Orange Lanyard

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

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

*Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm for VIETNAM 1971

*Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class for VIETNAM 1968-1970