as Headquarters, Headquarters and Service Battery, 2d Battalion, 319th Artillery (organic elements constituted 21 January 1964 and activated 3 February 1964) Redesignated 1 September 1971 as the 2d Battalion, 319th Field Artillery Inactivated 31 July 1972 at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, and relieved from assignment to the 101st Airborne Division Assigned 2 October 1986 to the 82d Airborne Division and activated at Fort Bragg, North Carolina Redesignated 1 October 2005 as the 2d Battalion, 319th Field Artillery Regiment Campaign participation credit World War I: St. Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne; Lorraine 1918 World War II: Sicily; Naples Foggia; Normandy (with arrowhead); Rhineland (with arrowhead); Ardennes Alsace; Central Europe Vietnam: 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; Consolidation I Southwest Asia: Defense of Saudi Arabia; Liberation and Defense of Kuwait War on Terrorism: Iraq: Liberation of Iraq; Transition of Iraq; National Resolution; Iraqi Surge; New Dawn Note: The published US Army lineage shows no campaigns for the War on Terrorism as of 4 March 2010. Comparison of the battalion's deployment dates and unit awards with War on Terrorism campaigns estimates that the battalion is entitled to credit for participation in the five campaigns listed. Decorations Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered CHIUNZI PASS Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered STE. MERE EGLISE Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered DONG AP BIA MOUNTAIN Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2003 Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered DEFENSE OF SAIGON Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2007-2008 Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1968 Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA 1990-1991 Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered Iraq 2011 French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II, Streamer embroidered STE. MERE EGLISE French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II, Streamer embroidered COTENTIN French Croix de Guerre, World War II, Fourragere Military Order of William (Degree of the Knight of the Fourth Class), Streamer embroidered NIJMEGEN 1944 Netherlands Orange Lanyard Belgian Fourragere 1940 Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action at St. Vith Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in the Ardennes Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in Belgium and Germany Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1968-1969