DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY

LINEAGE AND HONORS

174TH AIR DEFENSE ARTILLERY

Constituted 19 May 1944 in the Army of the United States as 180th Coast Artillery Battalion.

Activated 31 May 1944 at Fort Ruger, Hawaii

Inactivated 13 December 1945 in the Mariana's

Redesignated 1 March 1951 as 180th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion and allotted to the Ohio National Guard.

Reorganized and Federally recognized 29 May 1951 with Headquarters at Dayton.

Reorganized and Redesignated 1 September 1959 as 174th Artillery, a parent regiment in the Combat Arms Regimental System, to consist of 1st Gun Battalion, 2nd Automatic Weapons Battalion, and 3d Detachment.

Reorganized 1 April 1963 to consist of 1st and 2d Automatic Weapons Battalions and 3d Detachment.

Reorganized 15 February 1968 to consist of the 1st and 2d Battalions.

Reorganized 1 February 1972 to consist of the 2d Battalion.

Redesignated 1 November 1972 as the 174th Air Defense Artillery, to consist of the 2d Battalion.

174th AIR DEFENSE ARTILLERY
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

World War II
Western Pacific

Headquarters Battery (Athens), 2d Battalion, 174th Artillery, additionally entitled

World War II-AP
New Guinea

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