27th Field Artillery Regiment


The 27th Field Artillery Regiment is a field artillery regiment of the United States Army, first Constituted in 1918 in the National Army (USA).

History

The 27th Artillery was constituted on 2 August 1918, and assigned to the 9th Division at Camp McClellan, Alabama

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Constituted 5 July 1918 in the National Army as Battery C, 27th Field Artillery, an element of the 9th Division
Organized 2 August 1918 at Camp McClellan, Alabama
Demobilized 8 February 1919 at Camp McClellan, Alabama
Reconstituted 24 March 1923 in the Regular Army as Battery C, 27th Field Artillery, an element of the 9th Division
Redesignated 15 July 1940 as Battery C, 27th Field Artillery Battalion, and activated at Fort Knox, Kentucky, as an element of the 1st Armored Division
Redesignated 1 January 1942 as Battery C, 27th Armored Field Artillery Battalion
Converted and redesignated 1 May 1946 as Troop C, 27th Constabulary Squadron, and relieved from assignment to the 1st Armored Division
Inactivated 20 December 1948 in Germany; concurrently, converted and redesignated as Battery C, 27th Armored Field Artillery Battalion, an element of the 1st Armored Division
Activated 7 March 1951 at Fort Hood, Texas
Inactivated 15 February 1958 at Fort Polk, Louisiana, and relieved from assignment to the 1st Armored Division; concurrently, redesignated as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 3d Battalion, 27th Artillery
Redesignated 17 March 1959 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 3d Howitzer Battalion, 27th Artillery; concurrently, withdrawn from the Regular Army, allotted to the Army Reserve, and assigned to the 79th Infantry Division
Battalion activated 6 April 1959 with headquarters at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Inactivated 28 February 1963 at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and relieved from assignment to the 79th Infantry Division
Redesignated 10 May 1967 as the 3d Battalion, 27th Artillery; concurrently, withdrawn from the Army Reserve, allotted to the Regular Army, assigned to the 198th Infantry Brigade, and activated at Fort Hood, Texas
Inactivated 12 May 1967 at Fort Hood, Texas, and relieved from assignment to the 198th Infantry Brigade
On 15 December 1970, the 1st Battalion, 27th Field Artillery, was assigned to the 4th Infantry Division at Fort Carson, Colorado, armed with M110 8" Self-Propelled Howitzers. It remained with the 4th Infantry Division until it was inactivated on 16 March 1987.
Redesignated 1 September 1971 as the 3d Battalion, 27th Field Artillery
Activated 1 March 1988 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina

Campaign participation credit

World War II
Southwest Asia
War on Terrorism

Decorations

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Coat of arms

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Current configuration

Notable personnel