1st Battalion, 41st Field Artillery Regiment

41st Field Artillery Regiment
Coat of arms
Active	1918
Country	United States
Branch	Army
Type	Field artillery
Motto(s)	Mission Accomplished
Branch color	Scarlet
Insignia
Distinctive unit insignia

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The 41st Field Artillery Regiment is a field artillery regiment of the United States Army.

The 4th Missile Battalion, 41st Artillery Regiment was activated on 14 January 1963 per General Order 428 at Fort Sill, Oklahoma with four Pershing 1 missiles. Lt. Col. Fitzpatrick took command on 21 July 1963. The battalion began training and completed live fires at Fort Wingate, New Mexico. The battalion and equipment shipped aboard the USAT General Simon B. Buckner on 3 April 1964 bound for West Germany. The unit deployed to Schwäbisch Gmünd under the 56th Artillery Group and was garrisoned on Hardt and Bismark Kasernes. The battalion increased to six launchers in 1964 and to eight launchers in 1965. The battalion exchanged the Pershing 1 missiles for 36 Pershing 1a missiles in 1969.

The battalion was deactivated on 29 September 1972 by General Order 1033 and reactivated as the 1st Battalion, 41st Field Artillery Regiment.

Commanders

1st Battalion, 41st Field Artillery was activated on 29 September 1972 in Schwäbisch Gmünd, West Germany. Service Battery was deactivated and reformed as A 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 reformed as the 2nd Battalion, 9th Field Artillery Regiment.

Commanders

Notable members

Annex* Constituted 5 July 1918 in the National Army as the 41st Field Artillery and assigned to the 14th Division

 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Army Institute of Heraldry document "41st Field Artillery Regiment".

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