2/32 FA Lineage and Honors
Lineage and Honors Information as of 23 August 2019 (source: https://history.army.mil/html/forcestruc/lineages/branches/fa/0032fa02bn.htm)
2d Battalion, 32d Field Artillery Regiment
• Constituted 5 July 1918 in the National Army as Battery B, 32d Field Artillery, an element of the 11th Division
• Organized 5 August 1918 at Camp George G. Meade, Maryland
• Demobilized 13 December 1918 at Camp George G. Meade, Maryland
• Reconstituted 22 July 1929 in the Regular Army as Battery B, 32d Field Artillery, an element of the 3d Division
• (32d Field Artillery relieved 1 January 1930 from assignment to the 3d Division; assigned 23 September 1932 to the 3d Division; relieved 1 October 1933 from assignment to the 3d Division)
• Redesignated 1 October 1940 as Battery B, 32d Field Artillery Battalion, and activated at Fort Ethan Allen, Vermont, as an element of the 1st Division (later redesignated as the 1st Infantry Division)
• Inactivated 15 February 1957 at Fort Riley, Kansas, and relieved from assignment to the 1st Infantry Division; concurrently, redesignated as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 2d Battalion, 32d Artillery
• Redesignated 2 June 1958 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 2d Missile Battalion, 32d Artillery (organic elements concurrently constituted)
• Battalion activated 26 June 1958 at Fort Hood, Texas
• Inactivated 1 March 1962 at Fort Hood, Texas
• Redesignated 10 December 1962 as the 2d Battalion, 32d Artillery
• Activated 4 January 1963 at Fort Sill, Oklahoma
• Redesignated 1 September 1971 as the 2d Battalion, 32d Field Artillery
• Inactivated 31 July 1972 at Fort Lewis, Washington
• Activated 16 August 1987 in Germany
• Inactivated 15 December 1993 in Germany
• Redesignated 1 October 2005 as the 2d Battalion, 32d Field Artillery Regiment Activated 16 January 2006 at Fort Riley, Kansas, and assigned to the 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division
• Relieved 16 June 2015 from assignment to the 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division and assigned to the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division
Campaign Participation Credit
• World War II
• Algeria French-Morocco
• (with arrowhead)
• Tunisia
• Sicily (with arrowhead)
• Normandy (with arrowhead)
• Northern France
• Rhineland
• Ardennes-Alsace
• Central Europe
• Vietnam
• Defense
• Counteroffensive
• Counteroffensive, Phase II
• 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
• War on Terrorism
• Campaigns to be determined
Decorations
• Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered EL GUETTAR
• Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered CU CHI DISTRICT
• Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered TAY NINH PROVINCE
• Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered BAGHDAD 2007-2008
• Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1965-1966
• Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1968-1969
• Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2009-2010
• Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN 2012-2013
• French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II, Streamer embroidered KASSERINE
• French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II, Streamer embroidered NORMANDY
• French Croix de Guerre, World War II, Fourragere
• Belgian Fourragere 1940
• Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action at Mons
• Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action at Eupen-Malmedy
• Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1965-1968
• Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1968-1970
• Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1970-1971
• Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1971
• Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1965-1971
• Battery A additionally entitled to:
• Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered TAY NINH PROVINCE 1970
• Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered FISH HOOK
• Battery B additionally entitled to:
• Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered FISH HOOK
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
CHARLES R. BOWERY, JR.
Chief of Military History
2d Battalion, 32d Field Artillery Regiment
• Constituted 5 July 1918 in the National Army as Battery B, 32d Field Artillery, an element of the 11th Division
• Organized 5 August 1918 at Camp George G. Meade, Maryland
• Demobilized 13 December 1918 at Camp George G. Meade, Maryland
• Reconstituted 22 July 1929 in the Regular Army as Battery B, 32d Field Artillery, an element of the 3d Division
• (32d Field Artillery relieved 1 January 1930 from assignment to the 3d Division; assigned 23 September 1932 to the 3d Division; relieved 1 October 1933 from assignment to the 3d Division)
• Redesignated 1 October 1940 as Battery B, 32d Field Artillery Battalion, and activated at Fort Ethan Allen, Vermont, as an element of the 1st Division (later redesignated as the 1st Infantry Division)
• Inactivated 15 February 1957 at Fort Riley, Kansas, and relieved from assignment to the 1st Infantry Division; concurrently, redesignated as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 2d Battalion, 32d Artillery
• Redesignated 2 June 1958 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 2d Missile Battalion, 32d Artillery (organic elements concurrently constituted)
• Battalion activated 26 June 1958 at Fort Hood, Texas
• Inactivated 1 March 1962 at Fort Hood, Texas
• Redesignated 10 December 1962 as the 2d Battalion, 32d Artillery
• Activated 4 January 1963 at Fort Sill, Oklahoma
• Redesignated 1 September 1971 as the 2d Battalion, 32d Field Artillery
• Inactivated 31 July 1972 at Fort Lewis, Washington
• Activated 16 August 1987 in Germany
• Inactivated 15 December 1993 in Germany
• Redesignated 1 October 2005 as the 2d Battalion, 32d Field Artillery Regiment Activated 16 January 2006 at Fort Riley, Kansas, and assigned to the 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division
• Relieved 16 June 2015 from assignment to the 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division and assigned to the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division
Campaign Participation Credit
• World War II
• Algeria French-Morocco
• (with arrowhead)
• Tunisia
• Sicily (with arrowhead)
• Normandy (with arrowhead)
• Northern France
• Rhineland
• Ardennes-Alsace
• Central Europe
• Vietnam
• Defense
• Counteroffensive
• Counteroffensive, Phase II
• 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
• War on Terrorism
• Campaigns to be determined
Decorations
• Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered EL GUETTAR
• Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered CU CHI DISTRICT
• Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered TAY NINH PROVINCE
• Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered BAGHDAD 2007-2008
• Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1965-1966
• Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1968-1969
• Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2009-2010
• Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN 2012-2013
• French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II, Streamer embroidered KASSERINE
• French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II, Streamer embroidered NORMANDY
• French Croix de Guerre, World War II, Fourragere
• Belgian Fourragere 1940
• Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action at Mons
• Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action at Eupen-Malmedy
• Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1965-1968
• Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1968-1970
• Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1970-1971
• Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1971
• Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1965-1971
• Battery A additionally entitled to:
• Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered TAY NINH PROVINCE 1970
• Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered FISH HOOK
• Battery B additionally entitled to:
• Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered FISH HOOK
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
CHARLES R. BOWERY, JR.
Chief of Military History