128th Field Artillery Regiment (United States)

The 128th Field Artillery Regiment was a former field artillery regiment of the United States Army which served under the Missouri National Guard from 1917 until their disbandment in 1988 following the reformation of the army.

Lineage

 * Constituted 29 June 1917 in the Missouri National Guard as the 1st Field Artillery and organised from new and existing units.
 * Drafted into federal service 5 August 1917
 * Redesignated 1 October 1917 as the 128th Field Artillery and concurrently assigned to the 35th Infantry Division
 * Demobilised 19 May 1919 at Fort Riley, Kansas
 * Reorganized 4 December 1920 in the Missouri National Guard as the 1st Battalion, Field Artillery
 * Expanded, reorganized, and redesignated 29 January 1921 as the 1st Field Artillery
 * Redesignated 1 October 1921 as the 128th Field Artillery; Headquarters Federally recognized 21 April 1923 at Columbia
 * Inducted into Federal service 25 November 1940 at home stations.
 * 1st Battalion, 128th Field Artillery reorganised and redesignated 26 November 1942 as the 128th (Armoured) Field Artillery Battalion (remainder of regiment concurrently inactivated at Camp Chaffee, Arkansas).
 * 128th Armoured Field Artillery Battalion assigned 11 October 1942 to the 6th Armoured Division
 * Inactivated 27 November 1945 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey and relieved from assignment to the 6th Armoured Division
 * Redesignated 30 June 1946 as the 128th Field Artillery Battalion and assigned to the 35th Infantry Division
 * Reorganised and federally recognised 14 November 1947 with headquarters in Mexico, Missouri
 * Consolidated 15 April 1959 with the 128th Field Artillery (less 1st battalion) to form the 128th Artillery, a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System, to consist of the 1st and 2nd howitzer battalion, elements of the 35th Infantry Division, and the 3rd missile battalion.
 * Reorganised 1 December 1964 to consist of the 1st and 2nd howitzer battalions, the 3rd missile battalion, and F battery
 * Reorganised 1 January 1966 to consist of the 1st and 2nd howitzer battalion, and 3rd battalion, and F Battery
 * Reorganised 15 January 1968 to consist of the 1st and 3rd battalions
 * Reorganised 1 March 1969 to consist of the 1st battalion
 * Redesignated 1 March 1972 as the 128th Field Artillery
 * Withdrawn 1 June 1989 from the Combat Arms Regimental System and reorganised under the United States Army Regimental System

Honors
Campaign Participation Credit


 * World War I: Meuse-Argonna, Alsace 1918, and Lorraine 1918
 * World War II: Normandy, Northern France, Rhineland, Ardennes-Alsace, and Central Europe
 * Battery C (Marshall), 1st Battalion, additionally entitled to:
 * World War II: Aleutian Islands

Heraldic Items
Coat of Arms


 * Shield: Gules, two fleurs-de-lis in pale or, on two flaunches of the like of castle and a cactus of the field
 * Crest: That for the regiments and separate battalions of the Missouri Army National Guard: On a wreath of the colours, or and gules, a grizzly bear standing rampant proper.
 * Motto: "Show Me"
 * Symbolism: The shield is red for artillery. The Spanish castle taken from the War with Spain campaign medal represents service in Puerto Rico during the War with Spain.  The cactus and fleurs-de-lis represent service on the Mexican border and in France, respectively.  The flaunches divide the shield in three parts representing the important periods of the organisation's history.

Distinctive Unit Insignia


 * The distinctive unit insignia is the shield and motto of the coat of arms.