Battalion. Reorganized and redesignated 3 June 1942 as Battery C, 16th armored Field Artillery Battalion, an element of the 9th Armored Division. (16th Armored Field artillery Battalion relieved 6 July 1945 from assignment to the 9th Armored Division.) Inactivated 26 July 1946 in Germany. (16th Armored Field Artillery Battalion assigned 20 October 1950 to the 2d Armored Division.) Activated 10 November 1950 at Fort Hood, Texas. Inactivated 1 July 1957 in Germany and relieved from assignment to the 2d Armored Division; concurrently, redesignated as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 3d Battalion, 16th Artillery. Redesignated 2 June 1958 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 3d Howitzer Battalion, 16th Artillery (organic elements concurrently constituted). Battalion activated 21 June 1958 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Redesignated 25 November 1966 as the 3d Battalion, 16th Artillery. Redesignated 1 September 1971 as the 3d Battalion, 16th Field Artillery. Inactivated 2 November 1971 at Fort Lewis, Washington. Assigned 13 September 1972 to the 8th Infantry Division and activated in Germany. Headquarters and Headquarters and Battery, 3d Battalion, 16th Field artillery, reorganized and redesignated 16 August 1987 as Battery C, 16th Field artillery (remainder of battalion concurrently inactivated). Battery C, 16th Field Artillery, inactivated 15 August 1991 in Germany and relieved from assignment to the 8th Infantry Division. Redesignated 16 January 1996 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 3d Battalion, 16th Field Artillery, assigned to the 4th Infantry Division, and activated at Fort Hood, Texas (organic elements concurrently activated). Campaign Participation Credit World War I: Aisne-Marne; St. Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne; Champagne 1918; Lorraine 1918 World War II: Rhineland; 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 Decorations Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer Embroidered REMAGEN BRIDGEHEAD (16th Armored Field Artillery Battalion cited; WD GO 72, 1945) Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for the action at ST. VITH (16th Armored Field Artillery Battalion cited; DA GO 43, 1950) Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer, embroidered VIETNAM 1969–1970 (3rd Battalion, 16th Artillery, cited; DA GO 42, 1972) Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer, embroidered VIETNAM 1971 (Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 3rd Battalion, 16th Field Artillery, cited; DA GO 6, 1974) Battery A additionally entitled to: Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered QUANG TIN PROVINCE (Battery A, 3rd Battalion, 16th Artillery, cited;