120th Field Artillery Regiment

The 120th Field Artillery Regiment is a field artillery regiment of the Wisconsin Army National Guard.

The regiment's 1st Battalion, its only active element, is the cannon battalion assigned to the 32nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team.

Lineage

 * Organized May–June 1917 in the Wisconsin National Guard in southeastern and central Wisconsin as the 2d and 3d Squadrons, 1st Cavalry.
 * Mustered into Federal service 31 July 1917 at Camp Douglas, Wisconsin; drafted into Federal service 5 August 1917.
 * Consolidated 28 September 1917 with the 1st Squadron, 1st Cavalry (organized 26 April 1880 at Milwaukee as the Light Horse Squadron); consolidated unit concurrently converted and redesignated as the 120th Field Artillery and assigned to the 32d Division.
 * Demobilized 16 May 1919 at Camp Grant, Illinois.
 * Former 2d and 3d Squadrons, 1st Cavalry, reconstituted 26 November 1919 in the Wisconsin National Guard as the 2d Field Artillery.
 * Reorganized 8 May 1920 – 9 February 1921 in central Wisconsin.
 * Redesignated 1 April 1921 as the 120th Field Artillery and assigned to the 32d Division.
 * Headquarters Federally recognized 18 May 1922 at Milwaukee.
 * Inducted into Federal service 15 October 1940 at home stations.
 * Regiment (less 2d Battalion) reorganized and redesignated 1 February 1942 as the 120th Field Artillery Battalion, an element of the 32d Infantry Division; 2d Battalion concurrently reorganized and redesignated as the 129th Field Artillery Battalion, an element of the 32d Infantry Division.
 * 120th and 129th Field Artillery Battalions inactivated 28 February 1946 in Japan.
 * 120th and 129th Field Artillery Battalions consolidated, reorganized, and Federally recognized 9 June 1947 in central Wisconsin as the 120th Field Artillery Battalion, an element of the 32d Infantry Division, with headquarters at Stevens Point.
 * Reorganized and redesignated 15 February 1959 as the 120th Artillery, a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System, to consist of the 1st and 2d Howitzer Battalions, elements of the 32d Infantry Division.
 * (1st and 2d Howitzer Battalions ordered into active Federal service 15 October 1961 at home stations; released 10 August 1962 from active Federal service and reverted to state control.)


 * Reorganized 1 April 1963 to consist of the 1st and 2d Battalions, elements of the 32d Infantry Division.
 * Reorganized 30 December 1967 to consist of the 1st Battalion, an element of the 32d Infantry Brigade.
 * Redesignated 1 May 1972 as the 120th Field Artillery.
 * Withdrawn 21 July 1987 from the Combat Arms Regimental System and reorganized under the United States Army Regimental System.
 * Reorganized 1 October 1997 to consist of the 1st Battalion, an element of the 34th Infantry Division.
 * Reorganized 1 September 2003 to consist of the 1st Battalion, an element of the 32d Infantry Brigade.

Campaign participation credit

 * World War I: Aisne-Marne; Oise-Aisne; Meuse-Argonne; Alsace 1918; Champagne 1918
 * World War II: New Guinea (with arrowhead); Leyte; Luzon


 * Battery A (Marshfield), 1st Battalion, additionally entitled to:
 * War with Spain: Puerto Rico
 * World War II–AP: Papua


 * Battery B (Clintonville), 1st Battalion, additionally entitled to:
 * World War II–AP: Papua

Decorations

 * United States Army and U.S. Air Force Presidential Unit Citation ribbon.svg Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered AITAPE (129th Field Artillery Battalion cited; WD GO 76, 1946)
 * Croix de Guerre 1914-1918 ribbon.svg French Croix de Guerre with Silver Star, World War I, Streamer embroidered AISNE-MARNE and OISE-AISNE (120th Field Artillery cited; WD GO 11, 1924)
 * Presidential Unit Citation (Philippines).svg Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 1944 TO 4 JULY 1950 (120th and 129th Field Artillery Battalions cited; DA GO 47, 1950)


 * Battery A (Marshfield), 1st Battalion, additionally entitled to:
 * United States Army and U.S. Air Force Presidential Unit Citation ribbon.svg Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered PAPUA (Papuan Forces, United States Army, Southwest Pacific Area, cited; WD GO 21, 1943)
 * United States Army and U.S. Air Force Presidential Unit Citation ribbon.svg Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered LUZON (1st Battalion, 128th Infantry, WD GO 74, 1946)
 * Croix de Guerre 1914-1918 ribbon.svg French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War I, Streamer embroidered OISE-AISNE (128th Infantry cited; WD GO 11, 1924)


 * Battery B (Clintonville), 1st Battalion, additionally entitled to:
 * United States Army and U.S. Air Force Presidential Unit Citation ribbon.svg Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered PAPUA (Papuan Forces, United States Army, Southwest Pacific Area, cited; WD GO 21, 1943)
 * Meritorious Unit Commendation ribbon.svg Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered PACIFIC THEATER (32d Quartermaster Company cited; GO 289, 32d Infantry Division, 1 September 1945)