49th Field Artillery Battalion (United States)


The 49th Field Artillery Battalion was a battalion of the Field Artillery Branch of the United States Army.

Lineage

Constituted 1 October 1933 in the Regular Army as the 49th Field Artillery.
Inactivated 20 July 1947 at Seoul, Korea.
Relieved from the 7th Infantry Division and inactivated in Korea 1 July 1957

Coat of arms

Per Chevron enhanced gules and argent, on the last a bear's head erased and incensed proper.
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The scarlet is the Field Artillery, The silver of the shield in conjunction with the scarlet is indicative of the preparedness of the battalion night and day. The firing functions are allegorically illustrated by the incensed bear's head, being representative of the state of activation, California, taken from the crest of that state.

Campaign streamers

World War I
World War II
Korean War