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72nd Field Artillery Brigade History

  • Constituted 24 October 1917 in the National Army as the 349 Field Artillery and assigned to 92d
  • Organized 2 November 1917 Camp Dix, New Jersey
  • Demobilized 17 March 1919 at Camp Dix, New Jersey
  • Reconstituted 4 September 1930 in in the Organized Reserves as the 349th Field Artillery
  • Withdrawn 1 August 1940 from the Organized Reserves, allotted to the Regular Army, and activated at Fort Sill, Oklahoma.
  • Headquarters and headquarters Battery reorganized 1 March 1943 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery. 349th Field Artillery Group (remainder of regiment- hereafter separate lineages)
  • Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 349th Field Artillery Group, inactivated 26 May 1946 in Germany
  • Redesignated 5 February 1947 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 72nd Field Artillery Group.
  • Activated 17 December 1954 in Germany
  • Redesignated 1 June 1958 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 72nd Field Artillery Group.
  • Redesignated 15 March 1972 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 72nd Field Artillery Group.
  • Redesignated 1 September 1980 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 72nd Field Artillery Brigade.
  • Inactivated 15 May 1992 in Germany.
  • Headquarters to be activated 1 December 2006 at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland.
Campaigns Participated in
  • World War I: Lorraine 1918; World War II: Rhineland, Central Europe




72nd Field Artillery Brigade Campaigns

Campaigns Participated in -
  • World War I: Lorraine 1918
  • World War II: Rhineland, Central Europes

72ND FA BDE
72nd Field Artillery Brigade plans, coordinates, and enables post-mobilization, pre-deployment training in support of specified U.S. Army Reserve, Army National Guard, Navy, Air Force and Coast Guard units.

On order, 72nd Field Artillery Brigade provides pre-mobilization training assistance within its capabilities for Army Reserve and Army National Guard units.
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