Headquarters and Headquarters Battery
101st Airborne Division Artillery
Lineage and Honors Information
Constituted 24 June 1921 in the Organized Reserves as
Headquarters and Headquarters Battery,
176th Field Artillery Brigade
Organized in 1923 in Wisconsin
Redesignated 30 January 1942 as
Headquarters and Headquarters Battery,
101st Division Artillery
Disbanded 15 August 1942; concurrently reconstituted in the
Army of the United States as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery,
101st Airborne Division Artillery, and activated at Camp Claiborne, Louisiana
Inactivated 30 November 1945 in France
Allotted 25 June 1948 to the Regular Army
Activated 6 July 1948 at Camp Breckinridge, Kentucky
Inactivated 27 May 1949 at Camp Breckinridge, Kentucky
Activated 25 August 1950 at Camp Breckinridge, Kentucky
Inactivated 1 December 1953 at Camp Breckinridge, Kentucky
Activated 15 May 1954 at Fort Jackson, South Carolina
Reorganized and redesignated 1 July 1956 as
Headquarters, Headquarters and Service Battery,
101st Airborne Division Artillery
Reorganized and redesignated 25 April 1957 as
Headquarters and Headquarters Battery,
101st Airborne Division Artillery
Headquarters and Headquarters Battery
101st Airborne Division Artillery
Honors
World War II:
Normandy (with arrowhead);
Rhineland (with arrowhead);
Ardennes-Alsace;
Central Europe
Vietnam:
Counteroffensive, Phase III;
Tet Counteroffensive;
Counteroffensive, Phase IV;
Counteroffensive, Phase V;
Counteroffensive, Phase VI; Tet 69/Counteroffensive;
Summer-Fall 1969;
Winter-Spring 1970;
Sanctuary Counteroffensive;
Counteroffensive, Phase VII;
Consolidation I;
Consolidation II
Southwest Asia:
Defense of Saudi Arabia;
Liberation and Defense of Kuwait
Valorous Unit Award for THUA THIEN PROVINCE
Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm for VIETNAM 1968-1969
Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm for VIETNAM 1971
Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class for VIETNAM 1968-1970
Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class for VIETNAM 1970
