81st Field Artillery Regiment

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81st Field Artillery Regiment
81st Field Artillery Regiment COA.svg
81st FA Coat of arms
Active1917
CountryFlag of the United States.svg  United States
BranchArmy
Type Field artillery
Motto(s)Libertas Justitia Humanitas
Insignia
Distinctive unit insignia 81 FA Rgt DUI.svg

The 81st Field Artillery Regiment is a field artillery regiment of the United States Army.

Contents

History

Pershing

1st Battalion, 81st Field Artillery Regiment

The 1st Missile Battalion, 81st Artillery was formed at Fort Sill in 1963 and deployed to McCully Barracks in Wackernheim, West Germany under the 56th Field Artillery Group. The battalion moved to Wiley Barracks, Neu-Ulm in 1968 and was redesignated the 1st Battalion, 81st Field Artillery Regiment effective 1 September 1971. It was initially equipped with eight Pershing 1 missiles and in 1969 replaced these with 36 Pershing 1a missiles. Service Battery was inactivated and reflagged as B Company, 55th Maintenance Battalion in 1982. The battalion exchanged the Pershing 1a missiles for Pershing II missiles in 1984. The battalion was inactivated in 1986 and reflagged as the 1st Battalion, 9th Field Artillery Regiment.

Commanders

  • August 1963 – July 1965: Lieutenant Colonel W.R. Harris
  • August 1965 – July 1967: Lieutenant Colonel R.S. Fye
  • July 1967 – June 1969: Lieutenant Colonel W.C Phillips Jr.
  • July 1969 – January 1971: Lieutenant Colonel J Goldstein
  • January 1971 – July 1972: Lieutenant Colonel Chester F Cambell
  • July 1972 – January 1974: Lieutenant Colonel Harry W Crandall
  • January 1974 – August 1975: Lieutenant Colonel J.S. Hornsby
  • August 1975 – February 1977: Lieutenant Colonel S.J. Zagalak
  • February 1977 – January 1979: Lieutenant Colonel J.W Hutchison
  • February 1979 – January 1981: Lieutenant Colonel J.E. Tindall
  • February 1981 - January 1984: Lieutenant Colonel J. Bachman
  • February 1984 - January 1986: Lieutenant Colonel H. W. Reichert

Heraldry

Distinctive unit insignia

Coat of arms

See also

Notes

PD-icon.svg This article incorporates public domain material from 81st Field Artillery Regiment. United States Army Institute of Heraldry.

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References

  1. 1 2 "81st Field Artillery Regiment Heraldry". The Institute of Heraldry. Archived from the original on September 4, 2023. Retrieved September 4, 2023.