Lineage and Honors
3rd FIELD ARTILLERY REGIMENT
DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
Constituted 25 January 1907 in the Regular Army as
the 3d Field Artillery
Organized 31 May 1907 from new and existing units with
Headquarters at Fort Sam Houston, Texas
Assigned 17 November 1917 to the 6th Division
(2d Battalion inactivated 1 August 1922 at Camp George
G. Meade, Maryland)
Inactivated (less 1st and 2d Battalions) 14 September
1922 at Camp Knox, Kentucky
(2d Battalion activated 22 September 1922 at Fort Sheridan,
Illinois; inactivated 14 December 1922 at Fort Sheridan,Illinois)
Relieved 24 March 1923 from assignment to the 6th Division
and assigned to the 5th Division
(2d Battalion consolidated 7 September 1927 with the
1st Battalion, 14th Field Artillery [active] [see ANNEX], and
consolidated unit designated as the 1st Battalion, 14th Field
Artillery)
Activated (less 1st and 2d Battalions) 24 October 1927
at Fort McIntosh, Texas
Relieved 1 January 1930 from assignment to the 5th
Division and assigned to the 6th Division
Inactivated (less 1st and 2d Battalions) 1 May 1930
at Fort Sheridan, Illinois
(1st Battalion inactivated 3 December 1934 at Fort
Benjamin Harrison, Indiana)
Relieved 25 September 1939 from assignment to the 6th
Division and assigned to the 2d Cavalry Division
(1st Battalion activated 1 October 1939 at Fort Riley,
Kansas; 2d Battalion inactivated 1 June 1940 at Fort Sheridan,
Illinois)
Reorganized and redesignated 1 January 1941 as the
3d Field Artillery Battalion
Reorganized and redesignated 14 July 1942 as the 3d
Armored Field Artillery Battalion; concurrently relieved from
assignment to the 2d Cavalry Division and assigned to the 9th
Armored Division
Relieved 6 July 1945 from assignment to the 9th Armored
Division
Inactivated 20 October 1946 in Germany
Assigned 20 October 1950 to the 2d Armored Division
Activated 10 November 1950 at Fort Hood, Texas
Inactivated 1 July 1957 in Germany and relieved from
assignment to the 2d Armored Division
Consolidated 15 December 1961 with Headquarters and
Headquarters Battery, 3d Artillery Group; the 18th Antiaircraft
Artillery Missile Battalion; and the 3d and 43d Antiaircraft Artillery
Battalions (all organized in 1821 as the 3d Regiment of
Artillery) and consolidated unit reorganized and redesignated
as the 3d Artillery, a parent regiment under the Combat Arms
Regimental System
3d Artillery (less former Headquarters and Headquarters
Battery, 3d Artillery Group; 18th Antiaircraft Artillery Missile
Battalion; and 3d and 43d Antiaircraft Artillery Battalions) reorganized
and redesignated 1 September 1971 as the 3d Field
Artillery, a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental
System (former elements concurrently reorganized and
redesignated as the 3d Air Defense Artillery - hereafter separate
lineage)
Withdrawn 1 October 1983 from the Combat Arms Regimental
System and reorganized under the United States Army
Regimental System
ANNEX
Constituted 1 July 1916 in the Regular Army as the
1st Battalion, 14th Field Artillery
Organized 1 June 1917 at Fort Sill, Oklahoma
Inactivated 1 September 1921 at Fort Sill, Oklahoma
Activated 15 December 1922 at Fort Sheridan, Illinois,
as an element of the 6th Division
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CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
War of 1812
CanadaIndian Wars
Seminoles
Mexican War
Vera Cruz
Cerro Gordo
Contreras
Churubusco
Molino del Rey
Chapultepec
Puebla 1847
Civil War
Peninsula
Antietam
Fredericksburg
Chancellorsville
Gettysburg
Wilderness
Spotsylvania
Cold Harbor
Petersburg
Shenandoah
Maryland 1863
Virginia 1863
War with Spain
Santiago
Puerto Rico
Philippine Insurrection
Streamer without inscription
World War I
Streamer without inscription
World War II
Rhineland
Ardennes-Alsace
Central Europe
Southwest Asia
Defense of Saudi Arabia
Liberation and Defense of Kuwait
Cease-Fire
DECORATIONS
Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered IRAQ
Navy Unit Commendation, Streamer embroidered SAUDI
ARABIA-KUWAIT
