1st Battalion, 76th Field Artillery Regiment

History

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