Constituted 24 June 1921 in the Organized Reserves as Battery A, 377th Field Artillery, an element of the 101st Division (later redesignated as the 101st Airborne Division)

Organized in November 1921 at Green Bay, Wisconsin

Reorganized and redesignated 30 January 1942 as Battery A, 377th Field Artillery Battalion

Inactivated 15 August 1942; concurrently redesignated as Battery A, 377th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion, withdrawn from the Organized Reserves, and allotted to the Army of the United States

Activated 16 August 1942 at Camp Claiborne, Louisiana

Inactivated 30 November 1945 in France

Redesignated 18 June 1948 as Battery A, 515th Airborne Field Artillery Battalion

(515th Airborne Field Artillery Battalion allotted 25 June 1948 to the Regular Army)

Activated 6 July 1948 at Camp Breckinridge, Kentucky

Inactivated 15 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, 377th Airborne Field Artillery Battalion

Reorganized and redesignated 25 April 1957 as Battery A, 377th Artillery

Inactivated 21 May 1965 at Camp Campbell, Kentucky

Activated 20 December 1968 in Vietnam

Redesignated 1 September 1971 as Battery A, 377th Field Artillery

Inactivated 15 June 1986 at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, and relieved from assignment to the 101st Airborne Division

Redesignated 16 May 1996 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 1st Battalion, 377th Field Artillery, and activated at Fort Bragg, North Carolina (organic elements concurrently constituted and activated)

1st Battalion
377th Field Artillery Honors

Campaign Participation Credit

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

Vietnam: *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 NORMANDY

*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 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

*Netherlands Orange Lanyard

*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