19th Field Artillery Regiment

Last updated
19th Field Artillery Regiment
19FARegtCOA.jpg
Coat of arms
Active1916
CountryFlag of the United States.svg  United States
BranchArmy
Type Field artillery
Motto(s)Per Scintillam Flamma (Through The Spark, The Flame)
Insignia
Distinctive unit insignia 19 FA Rgt DUI.jpg
U.S. Field Artillery Regiments
PreviousNext
18th Field Artillery 20th Field Artillery

The 19th Field Artillery Regiment is a Field Artillery regiment of the United States Army first formed in 1916.

Contents

History

The Regular Army formed the 19th Field Artillery on 1 July 1916.

Lineage

Distinctive unit insignia

A gold color metal and enamel device 1+116 inches (2.7 cm) in height overall consisting of a shield blazoned: Or, a bend Gules between in chief an eagle close of the same ducally crowned and gorged with a collar of the first and in base a fusil of the like.

Scarlet and yellow are the colors used for Artillery. The red diamond is indicative of the 5th Division with which the Regiment served after it was organized in 1917 by transfer of men from the 7th Division. The red bend, from the arms of Lorraine, commemorates the baptism of fire from the Regiment in taking Frapelle east of St. Die in the Vosges in the Lorraine. The eagle, the device of St Mihiel, represents the heavy fighting the Regiment participated in at St. Mihiel.

The distinctive unit insignia was originally approved for the 19th Field Artillery Regiment on 15 April 1935. It was redesignated for the 19th Field Artillery Battalion on 14 November 1940. On 27 June 1958, it was redesignated for the 19th Artillery Regiment. Effective 1 September 1971, the insignia was redesignated for the 19th Field Artillery Regiment. The description and symbolism were revised on 14 May 1982.

Coat of arms

Or, a bend Gules between in chief an eagle close of the same ducally crowned and gorged with a collar of the first charged with a Lorraine cross of the second and in base a fusil of the like.

On a wreath of the colors (Or and Gules) a demi horse Sable hoofed and tongued Or with draft harness of the like. Motto PER SCINTILLAM FLAMMA (Through The Spark, The Flame).

Scarlet and yellow are the colors used for Artillery. The red diamond is indicative of the 5th Division with which the Regiment served after it was organized in 1917 by transfer of men from the 7th Division. The red bend, from the arms of Lorraine, commemorates the baptism of fire for the Regiment in taking Frapelle east of St. Die in the Vosges in the Lorraine. The motto alludes to an incident at Frapelle when Battery A had trouble with one of the lights which served as an aiming point. Private Louis Birtz went out in front of his piece and held lighted matches up for the gunner to sight his piece. All through the barrage he lay there. The eagle, the device of St. Mihiel, represents the heavy fighting the Regiment participated in at St. Mihiel.

The coat of arms was originally approved for the 19th Field Artillery Regiment on 24 January 1922. It was amended to correct the motto on 30 January 1922. On 18 November 1940, it was redesignated for the 19th Field Artillery Battalion. The coat of arms was redesignated for the 19th Artillery Regiment on 27 June 1958. Effective 1 September 1971, it was redesignated for the 19th Field Artillery Regiment. The coat of arms was amended to revise the symbolism on 14 May 1982.

Current configuration

See also

Related Research Articles

The 113th Field Artillery Regiment is a field artillery regiment of the United States Army National Guard.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">129th Field Artillery Regiment</span> Military unit

The 129th Field Artillery Regiment is a regiment of the Field Artillery Branch of the United States Army. Only the 1st Battalion is constituted as an active unit, and is assigned to the Missouri Army National Guard, with its headquarters in Maryville, Missouri, and has subordinate elements located in armories in Albany, Independence, and Chillicothe, Missouri. As a part of the Missouri National Guard, the 1st Battalion, 129th FA is a subordinate unit of the 130th Field Artillery Brigade located in Manhattan, Kansas.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">4th Field Artillery Regiment</span> Military unit

The 4th Field Artillery Regiment is a Field Artillery Branch regiment of the United States Army first formed in 1907.

The 10th Field Artillery Regiment was a Field Artillery regiment of the United States Army first formed in 1916. Due to the inactivation of the Third Armored Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, the last active battalion of the 10th Field Artillery Regiment was inactivated in December 2015.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">13th Field Artillery Regiment</span> US military unit

The 13th Field Artillery Regiment is a field artillery regiment of the United States Army first formed in 1916.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">17th Field Artillery Regiment</span> Military unit

The 17th Field Artillery Regiment is a field artillery regiment of the United States Army first formed in 1916.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">18th Field Artillery Regiment</span> US military unit

The 18th Field Artillery Regiment is a field artillery regiment of the United States Army first formed in 1916.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">21st Field Artillery Regiment</span> US military unit

The 21st Field Artillery Regiment is a field artillery regiment of the United States Army first formed in 1916. A parent regiment under the U.S. Army Regimental System, all components of the regiment are currently inactive. The 1st Battalion 21st Field Artillery Regiment, the regiment's final active component, deactivated on June 12, 2014.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">22nd Field Artillery Regiment</span> Military unit

The 22nd Field Artillery Regiment is a Field Artillery regiment of the United States Army.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">28th Field Artillery Regiment</span> US military unit

The 28th Field Artillery Regiment is a field artillery regiment of the United States Army, first constituted in 1918 in the National Army (USA).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">31st Field Artillery Regiment</span> US military unit

The 31st Field Artillery Regiment is a field artillery regiment of the United States Army, first Constituted in 1918 in the National Army (USA). The 1st Battalion, 31st Field Artillery, was constituted 5 July 1918 in the National Army as the 31st Field Artillery and assigned to the 11th Division. The "Proud American" Battalion was organized at Camp George G. Meade, Maryland 6 August 1918 but relieved thereafter from its assignment to the 11th Division on 30 September 1918. The unit demobilized 9 December 1918 at Camp George G. Meade, Maryland. On 22 July 1929, 31st FA was reconstituted in the Regular Army and assigned to the 2nd Division but was, once again, later relieved on 1 January 1930 from its assignment to the 2nd Division. The "Proud American" Battalion was subsequently assigned to the 7th Division on 1 July 1940 and activated at Camp Ord, California where it was reorganized and re-designated as the 31st Field Artillery Battalion on 1 October 1940. It underwent another reorganization and re-designation on 1 July 1957 as the 31st Field Artillery, "Always First," which was a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System. 31st FA was then withdrawn from the Combat Arms Regimental System 16 March 1989, reorganized under the United States Army Regimental System, and transferred to the United States Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC). The unit was re-designated as the 31st Field Artillery Regiment on 1 October 2005 and began the reactivation process on 1 October 2010, attaining operational capacity under the 434th Field Artillery Brigade and activated on 11 January 2011. The "Proud American" Battalion is credited with participating in multiple campaigns in World War II and the Korean War. It has been distinguished with several decorations, to include the Philippine Presidential Unit Citation and the Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation that was awarded on three separate occasions.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">77th Field Artillery Regiment</span> US military unit

The 77th Field Artillery Regiment is a field artillery regiment of the United States Army. First constituted 1916 in the Regular Army as a cavalry regiment. Reorganized in 1917 as field artillery and given its current designation.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">43rd Air Defense Artillery Regiment</span> Military unit

The 43rd Air Defense Artillery Regiment is an air defense artillery regiment of the United States Army first constituted 1918 in the Regular Army.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">35th Field Artillery Regiment</span> US military unit

The 35th Field Artillery Regiment is a field artillery regiment of the United States Army.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">38th Field Artillery Regiment</span> US military unit

The 38th Field Artillery Regiment is a field artillery regiment of the United States Army.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">39th Field Artillery Regiment</span> US military unit

The 39th Field Artillery Regiment is a field artillery regiment of the United States Army.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">80th Field Artillery Regiment</span> US military unit

The 80th Field Artillery Regiment is a field artillery regiment of the United States Army.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">81st Field Artillery Regiment</span> Military unit

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

<span class="mw-page-title-main">51st Coast Artillery Regiment</span> Military unit

The 51st Coast Artillery Regiment was a Coast Artillery regiment in the United States Army.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">196th Infantry Regiment (United States)</span> Military unit

The 196th Infantry Regiment is an infantry regiment of the United States Army National Guard. It traces its lineage to units which have been both infantry and engineers.

References

PD-icon.svg This article incorporates public domain material from 19th Field Artillery Regiment. United States Army Institute of Heraldry.