The 3rd Battalion, 321st Field Artillery Regiment (3-321 FAR) is an artillery battalion, assigned to the
18th Field Artillery Brigade, part of the US Army XVIII Airborne Corps at Fort Liberty (previously Fort Bragg), NC. The battalion has served in World War I, World War II, Vietnam, and the Global War on Terror. The battalion is equipped with M142 HIMARS rocket launchers.
History
World War I
3-321 FAR traces its lineage to Battery C,
321st Field Artillery, which organized on 2 September 1917 at Camp Gordon, Georgia. After training at Camp Gordon until May 1918, the battery shipped to France, and participated with the regiment in the
St. Mihiel,
Meuse Argonne and Lorraine 1918 campaigns. Following the Armistice, the battery redeployed to the United States and was demobilized at Camp Dix, New Jersey in May 1919.
Interwar
World War II
Cold War
Global War on Terror
Lineage and honors
Lineage
Constituted 5 August 1917 in the National Army as Battery C, 321st Field Artillery, an element of the 82nd Division
Organized 2 September 1917 at Camp Gordon, Georgia
Demobilized 26 May 1919 at Camp Dix, New Jersey
Reconstituted 5 June 1930 in the Organized Reserves and consolidated with Battery C, 321st Field Artillery (constituted in July 1923 in the Organized Reserves as Battery C, 452nd Field Artillery, and organized in Georgia; redesignated 5 October 1929 as Battery C, 321st Field Artillery, and element of the 82nd Division); consolidated unit designated as Battery C, 321st Field Artillery, an element of the 82nd Division (later redesignated as the 82nd Airborne Division)
Reorganized and redesignated 13 February 1942 as Battery C, 321st Field Artillery Battalion
Ordered into active military service 25 March 1942 and reorganized at Camp Claiborne, Louisiana
Reorganized and redesignated 15 August 1942 as Battery C, 321st Glider Field Artillery Battalion, an element of the 101st Airborne Division
Disbanded 4 September 1942 at Camp Claiborne, Louisiana
Reconstituted 1 March 1957 in the Regular Army; concurrently consolidated with Battery C, 321st Airborne Field Artillery Battalion (active)(see ANNEX), and consolidated unit designated as Battery C, 321st Airborne Field Artillery Battalion, and element of the 101st Airborne Division
Reorganized and redesignated 25 April 1957 as Battery C, 321st Artillery
Relieved 21 January 1964 from assignment to the 101st Airborne Division
Inactivated 3 February 1964 at Fort Campbell, Kentucky
Redesignated 1 September 1971 as Battery C, 321st Field Artillery
Redesignated 28 February 1987 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 3rd Battalion, 321st Field Artillery; Headquarters concurrently transferred to the United States Army Training and Doctrine Command and activated at Fort Sill, Oklahoma
Inactivated 15 January 1996 at Fort Sill, Oklahoma
Withdrawn 16 January 1996 from the United States Army Training and Doctrine Command and activated at Fort Bragg, North Carolina (organic elements concurrently constituted and activated)[1]
ANNEX
Constituted 5 August 1917 in the National Army as part of the 307th Ammunition Train, an element of the 82nd Division
Organized in October 1917 at Camp Gordon, Georgia
Demobilized 23 May 1919 at Camp Upton, New York
Reconstituted 24 June 1921 in the Organized Reserves as part of the 307th Ammunition Train, an element of the 82nd Division
Organized in January 1922 at Newberry, South Carolina
Reorganized and redesignated 13 February 1942 as Battery B, 907th Field Artillery Battalion
Ordered into active military service 25 March 1942 and reorganized at Camp Claiborne, Louisiana
Inactivated 30 November 1945 in Germany
(Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps)
Redesignated 18 June 1948 as Battery C, 518th Airborne Field Artillery Battalion
(518th Field Artillery Battalion withdrawn 25 June 1948 from the Organized Reserve Corps and allotted to the Regular Army)
Activated 6 July 1948 at Camp Breckinridge, Kentucky
Inactivated 1 April 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
Redesignated 1 July 1956 as Battery C, 321st Airborne Field Artillery Battalion, an element of the 101st Airborne Division[1]
Campaign participation credit
World War I: St. Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne; Lorraine 1918
World War II: Normandy (with arrowhead); Rhineland (with arrowhead); Ardennes-Alsace; Central Europe[1]
War on Terrorism: Campaigns to be determined
Decorations
Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for BASTOGNE
French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II for NORMANDY
Belgian Fourragere 1940
Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in BELGIUM AND GERMANY
Belgian Croix de Guerre 1940 with Palm for BASTOGNE; cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action at Bastogne