Draft:128th Field Artillery Regiment (United States)

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The 128th Field Artillery Regiment was a field artillery regiment of the Missouri Army National Guard that traced its lineage to 1917. The 1st Battalion, the only active unit of the regiment, was inactivated in 2008.

128th Field Artillery Regiment
Active	1917-1919 1920-1945 1947-2008
Country	United States
Allegiance	United States
Branch	Field artillery
Size	Regiment
Motto(s)	Show Me
Engagements	World War I Meuse-Argonne Alsace 1918 Lorraine 1918 World War II Normandy Northern France Rhineland Ardennes-Alsace Central Europe

History

Early history

In 1812, two batteries of light artillery were organized in St. Louis, Missouri, and were later transferred to St. Charles, Missouri. In 1846, during the Mexican-American War, President James K. Polk ordered General Stephen W. Kearny to raise 3,000 volunteers, and St. Louis contributed one battery of artillery volunteers. The volunteers performed valiantly in a battle at Sacramento, Mexico, fighting until they ran out of ammunition and finally mounting their artillery horses and charging like cavalry, capturing several Mexican cannons and a battle flag. The battery was disbanded at New Orleans, Louisiana, in 1848. During the American Civil War, St. Louis militia units were split between the Union and Confederate sides. After the outbreak of the Spanish-American War, St. Louis again contributed a battery of artillery volunteers, which was sent to Puerto Rico and was mustered out on 30 November 1898.

World War I

The 1st Field Artillery Regiment was constituted on 29 June 1917 in the Missouri National Guard as the 1st Field Artillery, and organized from new and existing units. It was drafted into Federal service on 5 August 1917 after U.S. entry into World War I, redesignated on 1 October 1917 as the 128th Field Artillery, and assigned to the 35th Division. It arrived at the port of Boston, Massachusetts on the SS Vedic on 22 April 1919 and was demobilized on 19 May at Fort Riley, Kansas.

Interwar period

A regiment of field artillery was organized on 4 December 1920 in the Missouri National Guard as the 1st Battalion, Field Artillery, later expanded, reorganized, and redesignated 29 January 1921 as the 1st Field Artillery Regiment. The regiment was redesignated on 1 October 1921 as the 128th Field Artillery, and subsequently assigned to the General Headquarters Reserve. The regimental headquarters was organized and federally recognized on 21 April 1923 at Columbia, Missouri. Under authority of a letter dated March 19, 1927, the regiment was converted from a horse-drawn to a portée regiment. The enlisted personnel of the Headquarters Battery were composed primarily from students from the Reserve Officers Training Corps program at the University of Missouri, while the enlisted personnel of Battery C were composed primarily from students from the Missouri State Teachers College (now Missouri State University) at Springfield, Missouri. The regiment was assigned on 1 October 1933 to the 25th Field Artillery Brigade (GHQR), and converted from portée to truck-drawn on 1 January 1935. It was inducted into federal service on 25 November 1940.

World War II

In the fall of 1942, the 6th Armored Division adopted a new table of organization; on 11 October 1942, the 128th Armored Field Artillery Battalion was constituted and assigned to the division, and on 26 November, at Camp Chaffee, Arkansas, the 1st Battalion, 128th Field Artillery, was reorganized and redesignated as the 128th Armored Field Artillery Battalion, and the remainder of the regiment was disbanded. The battalion was inactivated on 27 November 1945 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey, and relieved from assignment to the 6th Armored Division.

Cold War to 2007

The regiment was redesignated on 30 June 1946 as the 128th Field Artillery Battalion and assigned to the 35th Infantry Division. It was reorganized and federally recognized on 14 November 1947 with Headquarters at Mexico, Missouri. It was consolidated on 15 April 1959 with the 128th Field Artillery (less the 1st Battalion), to form the 128th Artillery, a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System, to consist of the 1st and 2nd Howitzer Battalions, elements of the 35th Infantry Division. It was reorganized on 22 May 1962 to consist of the 1st and 2nd Howitzer Battalions, elements of the 35th Infantry Division, and the 3rd Missile Battalion. Reorganized 1 April 1963 to consist of the 1st and 2nd Howitzer Battalions and the 3rd Missile Battalion. Reorganized 1 December 1964 to consist of the 1st and 2nd Howitzer Battalions, the 3rd Missile Battalion, and Battery F. Reorganized 1 January 1966 to consist of the 1st and 2nd Howitzer Battalions, the 3rd Battalion, and Battery F. Reorganized 15 January 1968 to consist of the 1st and 3rd Battalions. Reorganized 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 reorganized under the United States Army Regimental System.

As part of a reorientation in the strength of the Missouri National Guard more towards support units like military police, the regiment was inactivated on 13 July 2008.