13th FIELD ARTILLERY (THE CLAN)

DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY

Lineage and Honors

Constituted 1 July 1916 in the Regular Army the 13th Field Artillery

Organized 1 June 1917 at Camp Stewart, Texas

Assigned 10 December 1917 to the 4th Division

Relieved 4 October 1920 from assignment to the 4th Division

Assigned 1 March 1921 to the Hawaiian Division (later redesignated as the 24th Infantry Division)

Reorganized and redesignated 1 October 1941 as the 13th Field Artillery Battalion

Relieved 31 March 1958 from assignment to the 24th Infantry Division; concurrently reorganized and
redesignated as the 13th Artillery, a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System

Redesignated 1 September 1971 as the 13th Field Artillery

Withdrawn 16 March 1987 from the Combat Arms Regimental System and reorganized under the
United States Army Regimental System

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

World War I 
Aisne-Marne 
St. Mihiel 
Meuse-Argonne 
Champagne 1918 
Lorraine 1918

World War II 
Central Pacific 
New Guinea (with arrowhead) 
Leyte (with arrowhead) 
Luzon (with arrowhead) 
Southern Philippines (with arrowhead)

Korean War 
UN Defensive 
UN Offensive 
CCF Intervention 
First UN Counteroffensive 
CCF Spring Offensive 
UN Summer-Fall Offensive 
Second Korean Winter 
Korea, Summer 1953

Vietnam 
Defense 
Counteroffensive 
Counteroffensive, Phase II 
Counteroffensive, Phase III 
Tet Counteroffensive 
Counteroffensive, Phase IV 
Counteroffensive, Phase V 
Counteroffensive, Phase VI 
Tet 69/Counteroffensive 
Summer-Fall 1969 
Winter-Spring 1970 
Sanctuary Counteroffensive 
Counteroffensive, Phase VII

Southwest Asia 
Defense of Saudi Arabia 
Liberation and Defense of Kuwait 
Cease-Fire

DECORATIONS

Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered DEFENSE OF KOREA

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1965-1966

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1966-1968

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1967-1968

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1968-1969

Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 1944 TO 4 JULY 1945

Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered PYONGTAEK

Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 1952-1953