169th Field Artillery Battalion (United States)

Lineage

Constituted 1 September 1940 in the National Guard as the 193rd Tank Battalion and partially organized by redesignation of organizations from various states as follows;

30th Tank Company, Georgia National Guard, as Company A

31st Tank Company, Alabama National Guard, as Company B

36th Tank Company, Texas National Guard, as Company C

45th Tank Company, Colorado National Guard, as Company D

Organization completed and inducted into Federal service 20 January 1941 at Fort Benning, Georgia (Headquarters Company organized at Fort Benning from personnel of Companies which had been inducted 8 January 1941 at home stations

Inactivated 21 January 1946 at Vancouver Barracks, Washington.

Allotted, less lettered companies to the Colorado National Guard 10 May 1946; concurrently 983rd Field Artillery Battalion consolidated with 193rd Tank Battalion,

Organized and Federally recognized 17 April 1947 with headquarters at Colorado Springs.

Reorganized and redesignated 1 November 1949 as the 193rd Heavy Tank Battalion. Ordered into active federal service at Colorado Springs 3 September 1950.

Released from active Federal service and reverted to state control 1 August 1952

Redesignated 1 December 1952 as the 193rd Tank Battalion.

Battalion broken up 1 August 1955 and Headquarters and Service Company converted and redesignated as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery 169th Field Artillery Battalion; Concurrently, remainder of Battalion organized from existing units as follows

Company A, 193rd Tank Battalion at Canon City redesignated Battery A

Service Company, 157th Infantry at Englewood redesignated Battery B

Company I, 157th Infantry at Burlington redesignated Service Battery

Medical detachment, 193rd Tank Battalion at Colorado Springs redesignated Medical detachment.

Battalion broken up 1 February 1959 and elements converted, redesignated or consolidated as follows;

Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, Battery C, and Medical detachment at Colorado Springs consolidated and redesignated as Company D 140th Signal Battalion.

Battery A at Canon city redesignated as Service Battery 2nd Howitzer Battalion 157th Field Artillery

Service Battery at Burlington redesignated as the 928 Medical Company.

Campaign streamers

World War I Streamer without inscription World War II

Central Pacific

New Guinea

Leyte

Luzon

Southern Philippines

Sicily (With Arrowhead)

Naples Foggia (With Arrowhead)

Anzio

Rome-Arno

Southern France (With Arrowhead)

Rhineland

Ardennes-Alsace

Central Europe

Decorations

Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 1944 TO 4 July 1945

Coat of arms

Shield

Per fess indented azure and or, in chief a fleur-de-lis argent, in base a sheathed Roman sword, point to base and a snake coiled to strike vert

Crest

The crest is that of the Colorado Army National Guard

Background

The shield is blue and yellow in reference to early service of the 983rd Field Artillery Battalion as infantry and Cavalry. The fleur-de-lis indicates service in France during World War I while the Roman sword and snake refer to service during the war with Spain, and on the Mexican border respectively. The yellow base of the shield is representative of the plains of eastern Colorado and the indented division of the shield the mountainous portion of the state against the skyline.