120th Field Artillery Regiment

History

Lineage and Honors

Lineage

• Organized May–June 1917 in the Wisconsin National Guard in southeastern and central Wisconsin as the 2d and 3d Squadrons, 1st Cavalry.
• Mustered into Federal service 31 July 1917 at Camp Douglas, Wisconsin; drafted into Federal service 5 August 1917.
• Consolidated 28 September 1917 with the 1st Squadron, 1st Cavalry ; consolidated unit concurrently converted and redesignated as the 120th Field Artillery and assigned to the 32d Division.
• Demobilized 16 May 1919 at Camp Grant, Illinois.
• Former 2d and 3d Squadrons, 1st Cavalry, reconstituted 26 November 1919 in the Wisconsin National Guard as the 2d Field Artillery.
• Reorganized 8 May 1920 – 9 February 1921 in central Wisconsin.
• Redesignated 1 April 1921 as the 120th Field Artillery and assigned to the 32d Division.
• Headquarters Federally recognized 18 May 1922 at Milwaukee.
• Inducted into Federal service 15 October 1940 at home stations.
• Regiment reorganized and redesignated 1 February 1942 as the 120th Field Artillery Battalion, an element of the 32d Infantry Division; 2d Battalion concurrently reorganized and redesignated as the 129th Field Artillery Battalion, an element of the 32d Infantry Division.
• 120th and 129th Field Artillery Battalions inactivated 28 February 1946 in Japan.
• 120th and 129th Field Artillery Battalions consolidated, reorganized, and Federally recognized 9 June 1947 in central Wisconsin as the 120th Field Artillery Battalion, an element of the 32d Infantry Division, with Headquarters at Stevens Point.
• Reorganized and redesignated 15 February 1959 as the 120th Artillery, a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System, to consist of the 1st and 2d Howitzer Battalions, elements of the 32d Infantry Division.
• Reorganized 1 April 1963 to consist of the 1st and 2d Battalions, elements of the 32d Infantry Division.
• Reorganized 30 December 1967 to consist of the 1st Battalion, an element of the 32d Infantry Brigade.
• Redesignated 1 May 1972 as the 120th Field Artillery.
• Withdrawn 21 July 1987 from the Combat Arms Regimental System and reorganized under the United States Army Regimental System.
• Reorganized 1 October 1997 to consist of the 1st Battalion, an element of the 34th Infantry Division.
• Reorganized 1 September 2003 to consist of the 1st Battalion, an element of the 32d Infantry Brigade.

  Campaign Participation Credit

• World War I: Aisne-Marne; Oise-Aisne; Meuse-Argonne; Alsace 1918; Champagne 1918
• World War II: New Guinea ; Leyte; Luzon

  Decorations

• Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered AITAPE
• French Croix de Guerre with Silver Star, World War I, Streamer embroidered AISNE-MARNE and OISE-AISNE
• Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 1944 TO 4 JULY 1950

  Heraldry

Distinctive unit insignia

Coat of arms