1st Battalion, 76th Field Artillery Regiment
The 1st Battalion, 76th Field Artillery Regiment is an inactive field artillery battalion of the United States Army. The battalion has been assigned to the 3rd Infantry Division, 7th Infantry Division, 2nd Infantry Brigade, and as a separate field artillery battalion. The battalion has participated in World War I, World War II, Operation Iraqi Freedom, and Operation Enduring Freedom. The battalion inactivated in 2015 as part of Army force reductions.
History
To be developed.Lineage and honors
Lineage
- Constituted 1 July 1916 in the Regular Army as Troops A and B, 18th Cavalry
- Organized 13 June 1917 at Fort Ethan Allen, Vermont
- Consolidated, converted, and redesignated 1 November 1917 as Battery A, 76th Field Artillery
- Inactivated 28 April 1930 at Fort Francis E. Warren, Wyoming
- Activated 1 December 1938 at Fort Francis E. Warren, Wyoming
- Reorganized and redesignated 22 January 1941 as Battery A, 76th Field Artillery Battalion
- Inactivated 27 November 1945 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey
- Redesignated 1 August 1946 as Battery A, 76th Armored Field Artillery Battalion, and activated at Fort Knox, Kentucky
- Reorganized and redesignated 28 August 1953 as the 576th Armored Field Artillery Battery
- Inactivated 4 October 1954 at Fort Knox, Kentucky
- Redesignated 8 October 1954 as Battery A, 76th Field Artillery Battalion, and activated at Fort Devens, Massachusetts
- Reorganized and redesignated 15 February 1958 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 1st Howitzer Battalion, 76th Artillery, and assigned to the 2d Infantry Brigade
- Battalion inactivated 25 March 1962 at Fort Devens, Massachusetts
- Relieved 20 April 1962 from assignment to the 2d Infantry Brigade
- Redesignated 1 September 1971 as the 1st Howitzer Battalion, 76th Field Artillery
- Redesignated 13 September 1972 as the 1st Battalion, 76th Field Artillery, assigned to the 3d Infantry Division, and activated in Germany
- Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 1st Battalion, 76th Field Artillery, reorganized and redesignated 16 February 1987 as Battery A, 76th Field Artillery, and remained assigned to the 3d Infantry Division
- Battery A, 76th Field Artillery inactivated 15 January 1992 in Germany
- Activated 16 August 1995 in Germany
- Inactivated 15 February 1996 in Germany and relieved from assignment to the 3d Infantry Division
- Redesignated 16 March 2004 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 1st Battalion, 76th Field Artillery and assigned to the 4th Brigade Combat Team, 3d Infantry Division; Battalion concurrently activated at Fort Stewart, Georgia
- Redesignated 1 October 2005 as the 1st Battalion, 76th Field Artillery Regiment
Campaign participation credit
- World War I:
- *Champagne-Marne
- *Aisne-Marne
- *St. Mihiel
- *Meuse-Argonne
- *Champagne 1918
- World War II:
- *Northern France
- *Rhineland
- *Ardennes-Alsace
- *Central Europe
- War on terrorism: Campaigns to be determined
Decorations
- Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered BAGHDAD 2005-2006
- Meritorious Unit Commendation, Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2010-2011
- French Croix de Guerre with Gilt Star, World War I, Streamer embroidered CHAMPAGNE-MARNE and AISNE-MARNE
- Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in the Ardennes
Heraldry
Distinctive unit insignia
- 76th Field Artillery Regiment Distinctive Unit Insignia
Coat of arms
- 76th Field Artillery Regiment Coat of Arms