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Lineage and Honors 3rd Battalion, 319th Airborne
Field Artillery Regiment 05 Aug 1917 - Constituted in the National Army as Battery C, 319th Field Artillery, an element of the 82d Division 02 Sep 1917 - Organized at Camp Gordon, Georgia 18 May 1919 - Demobilized at Camp Dix, New Jersey 24 Jun 1921 - Reconstituted in the Organized Reserves as Battery C, 319th FA, an element of the 82d Division 00 Jan 1922 - Organized at Decatur, Georgia 13 Feb 1942 - Reorganized and redesignated as Battery C, 319th Field Artillery Battalion 25 Mar 1942 - Ordered into active military service and reorganized at Camp Claiborne, Louisiana 15 Aug 1942 - Reorganized and redesignated as Battery C, 319th Glider Field Artillery Battalion 15 Dec 1947 - Reorganized and redesignated as Battery C, 319th Field Artillery Battalion 25 Mar 1948 - Organized Reserves redesignated as the Organized Reserve Corps 15 Nov 1948 - Withdrawn from the Organized Reserve Corps and allotted to the Regular Army 15 Dec 1948 - Reorganized and redesignated as Battery C, 319th Airborne Field Artillery Battalion 01 Sep 1957 - Reorganized and redesignated as Battery C, 319th FA, an element of the 82d Airborne Division 24 Jun 1960 - Relieved from assignment to the 82d Airborne Division and assigned to the 25th Infantry Division 01 Jul 1961 - Relieved from assignment to the 25th Infantry Division 25 Jun 1963 - Reorganized and redesignated as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 3d Battalion 319th Artillery, and assigned to the 173rd Airborne Brigade (organic elements constituted 26 March 1963 and activated 25 June 1963) 01 Sep 1971 - Redesignated as the 3d Battalion, 319th Field Artillery 14 Jan 1972 - Relieved from assignment to 173rd Airborne Brigade and assigned to the 101st Airborne Division 02 Oct 1986 - Relieved from assignment to the 101st Airborne Division and assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division 12 Jun 2000 - The 173d Airborne Brigade was reactivated in Caserma Ederle in Vicenza, Italy including the “Doghouse” D/3/319th AFAR
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT World War I
World War II * Counteroffensive, Phase II * Counteroffensive, Phase III * Tet Counteroffensive * Counteroffensive, Phase IV * Counteroffensive, Phase V * Counteroffensive, Phase VI * Tet 1969-Counteroffensive * Summer-Fall 1969 * Winter-Spring 1970 * Sanctuary Counteroffensive * Counteroffensive, Phase VII * Consolidation I
DECORATIONS * Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered, CHIUNZI PASS * Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered, STE. MERE EGLISE * Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered, DAK TO * Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered, VIETNAM 1965-1967 * French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II, Streamer embroidered STE. MERE EGLISE * French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II, Streamer embroidered COTENTIN * French Croix de Guerre, World War II, Fourragere * Military Order of William (Degree of the Knight of the Fourth Class), Streamer embroidered NIJMEGEN 1944 * Netherlands Orange Lanyard * Belgian Fourragre 1940 * Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for Action at ST. VITH * Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for Action in the ARDENNES * Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for Action in BELGIUM and GERMANY * Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1965-1970 * Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1970-1971 Battery B additionally entitled to: Presidential Unit Citation (Navy), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1966 BY THE ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY WILLIAM A. STOFFT Brigadier General, USA Chief of Military History
The 173d Airborne Brigade was then reactivated on 12 June 2000 on Caserma Ederle in Vicenza, Italy, where it serves as European Command’s only conventional airborne strategic response force for the European Theater. Today's Sky Soldiers continue the distinction of honored service earned through service dating back to World War I, and proudly represent the airborne fighting spirit with routine training deployments to Bosnia, Kosovo, Hungary, Tunisia, Morocco, Germany, Italy, Czech Republic, and more. These deployments are an important part of CINCEUR’S theater engagement strategy, demonstrating both a commitment to preserving stability in Europe and the ability to provide immediate response to crisis situations throughout the theater.
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