"A" Btry, 26st Field Artillery
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The Army did not begin a formal program for determining lineage and honors until the 1920s. Before that time, considerable confusion existed within the Army about the accepted procedures and methods for determining the prior history of units and their entitlement to battle honors. With the demobilization of the Army following World War I, many distinguished units were lost from the rolls. To avert such problems in the future, the Historical Section of the Army War College assumed responsibility for maintaining historical information about Army units: thus lineage work began.

Today the Force Structure and Unit History Branch continues the work begun by the Historical Section of the Army War College. The branch maintains historical information on active and inactive units in all components - Regular Army, Army Reserve, and Army National Guard, and prepares official Lineage and Honors Certificates. On the basis of research in primary and secondary material, the certificates outline the major organizational changes undergone by the unit and provide a list of the official battle honors (campaign credit and decorations) that the unit has earned. The information contained on the certificates is reformatted for publication in the Army Lineage Series

While it would take a book to recount the rich history brought about by the changes of each unit "A" Battery, 26th Field Artillery Regiment, an overall look at the major reorganizational elements of the Lineage for the Regiment presents a picture of an organization that was accustomed to fighting and brought strength from change.



"A" Battery, 26th Field Artillery Regiment
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05 July 1918; Constituted in the National Army as "A" Battery, 26th Field Artillery, an element of the 9th Division.

02 August 1918; Organized at Camp McClellan, Alabama.

09 February 1919; Demobilized at Camp McClellan, Alabama.

24 March 1923; Reconstituted in the Regular Army as "A" Battery, 26th Field Artillery.

22 July 1929; 26th Field Artillery assigned to the 5th Division.

01 January 1930; 26th Field Artillery relieved from assignment to the 5th Division and assigned to the 9th Division [later redesignated as the 9th Infantry Division].

01 August 1940; Activated at Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

01 October 1940; Reorganized and redesignated as "A" Battery, 26th Field Artillery Battalion.

20 November 1946; Inactivated in Germany.

15 July 1947; Activated at Fort Dix, New Jersey.

01 December 1957; 26th Field Artillery Battalion relieved from assignment to the 9th Infantry Division.

02 December 1957; Reorganized and redesignated as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 1st Observation Battalion, 26th Artillery (organic elements constituted 01 December 1957 and activated 02 December 1957).

23 September 1961; Reorganized and redesignated as the 1st Target Acquisition Battalion, 26th Artillery.

15 April 1968; Redesignated as the 1st Battalion, 26th Artillery.

01 September 1971; Redesignated as the 1st Battalion, 26th Field Artillery.

20 September 1978; Inactivated in Germany.

16 June 1968; Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 1st Battalion, 26th Field Artillery, redesignated as "A" Battery, 26th Field Artillery, assigned to the 4th Infantry Division, and activated at Fort Carson, Colorado.

15 August 1995; Inactivated at Fort Carson, Colorado.

16 January 1996; Activated at Fort Hood, Texas.

15 September 1998; Inactivated at Fort Hood, Texas, and relieved from assignment to the 4th Infantry Division.

17 December 2004; Activated at Fort Hood, Texas.

01 October 2005; Redesignated as "A" Battery, 26th Field Artillery Regiment.


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The history of the "A" Battery, 26th Field Artillery recorded the following significant events occurring on the dates listed.



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1918
Constituted in the National Army as "A" Battery, 26th Field Artillery, an element of the 9th Division. (05 July)

1918
Organized at Camp McClellan, Alabama. (02 August)


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