109th Field Artillery Regiment

the United States Army regiment other units 109th Regiment (disambiguation)109th Regiment October 2024 September 2024 109th Field Artillery Regiment 109FARegtCOA.jpg 100px Coat of arms 17 October 1775 - 14 September 2025 (247 Years) USA Army National Guard 25pxField artillery USARS parent regiment regiment Home station 100px Distinctive unit insignia 75px Should Sleeve Insignia of the 28th Infantry Division, worn by the 109th FA U.S. Field Artillery Regiments 108th Field Artillery 110th Field Artillery The 109th Field Artillery Regiment was an artillery regiment of the United States Army and the Pennsylvania Army National Guard. The unit was organized on 17 October 1775 and was one of several National Guard units with colonial roots.Zierdt William Narrative History of the 109th Field Artillery 1932 Wyoming Historical and Geological Society Wilkes-barre, PA. 1st The first unit commander was Colonel Zebulon Butler. The unit traces its origins to the 24th Regiment of the Connecticut Militia, as the Wyoming Valley was part of Connecticut at the time. After alternating between an infantry and artillery unit throughout the early years and campaigns, the battalion was designated as the 109th Field Artillery Regiment on 11 October 1917. The regiment served in combat during World War I and was commanded by Colonel Asher MinerLeonard John W. 1922 Who's who in Finance, Banking, and Insurance https://books.google.com/books?id=9aooAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA474 Brooklyn, NY Who's Who In Finance Incorporated 474 Google Books and later by Colonel Charles M. Bundel.Cullum George W. George Washington Cullum Robinson Wirt 1920 Biographical Register of the Officers and Graduates of the U.S. Military Academy VI-A https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nnc1.1002295130&seq=897 Saginaw, Michigan Seemann & Peters 883 HathiTrust During the 1950s and 1960s, under the Pentomic army structure, the 2nd Battalion, 109th Artillery, served with the 28th Division. 1st Battalion 1st Battalion, 109th FA, (the "Wyoming Valley Guards") was a battalion of the United States Army, maintained by the Pennsylvania Army National Guard. It was a subordinate formation of the 169th Field Artillery Brigade. Its headquarters was at the historic Kingston Armory located in Kingston, PA. The unit was organized on 17 October 1775, and divested in 2025. It was one of the oldest military units in the United States Army. In 1984-85 the 1st Battalion was part of the divisional artillery of the 28th Infantry Division.Isby and Kamps, Armies of NATO's Central Front, Jane's Publishing Company, 1985, p.383. News articles in 2014 and 2015 claimed that the 55th BCT is under consideration for inactivation by late 2016 and as a result may inactivate the battalion. Today, the unit, part of the 55 Movement Enhancement Bridge, has divested and is no longer activated. Instead, the Pennsylvania Army National Guard implemented the 28th Division Artillery (28 DIVARTY), located at the Kingston Armory. The task organization has changed multiple times throughout the decades as the force structure of the Army and National Guard changes. As of 2024, the task organization consists of Headquarters, Headquarters Battery, Alpha Battery, Bravo Battery, Charlie Battery, and 2803 Forward Support Company. The unit was deactivated on September 14, 2025 at a ceremony in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania2025-09-14 The 109th field artillery regiment is deactivated after 250 years of service https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/luzerne-county/after-250-years-of-service-the-109th-field-artillery-regiment-deactivated-wilkes-barre-luzerne-county/523-409bbe78-074e-4316-a350-bb46a9b977a8 2025-09-17 wnep.com en-US as part of a larger reorganization of the 28th Infantry Division.28th ID artillery force structure to be reorganized https://www.pa.ng.mil/Site-Management/News-Article-View/Article/3895351/28th-id-artillery-force-structure-to-be-reorganized/ https://web.archive.org/web/20241130020429/https://www.pa.ng.mil/Site-Management/News-Article-View/Article/3895351/28th-id-artillery-force-structure-to-be-reorganized/ 2024-11-30 2025-09-17 Pennsylvania National Guard en-US Campaign participation credit Revolutionary War Brandywine 109th Field Artillery Regiment Lineage and Honors, U.S. Army Center of Military History (CMH) http://www.history.army.mil/html/forcestruc/lineages/branches/fa/0109fa.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20140320213039/http://www.history.army.mil/html/forcestruc/lineages/branches/fa/0109fa.htm dead 20 March 2014 www.history.army.mil 2015-10-11 Germantown New Jersey 1777 Pennsylvania 1777 Pennsylvania 1778 Pennsylvania 1779 Mexican War Vera Cruz Cerro Gordo Civil War Chancellorsville Gettysburg Wilderness Spotsylvania Cold Harbor Petersburg Virginia 1861 Virginia 1863 World War I Oise-Aisne Ypres-Lys Meuse-Argonne Champagne 1918 Lorraine 1918 World War II Normandy Northern France Rhineland Ardennes-Alsace Central Europe War on Terrorism Iraq 2004-2005 Iraq 2009 Decorations Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered ARDENNE Luxembourg Croix de Guerre, Streamer embroidered LUXEMBOURG Heraldry Coat of arms 100px Distinctive unit insignia 100px References Category:Field artillery regiments of the United States Army Category:Field artillery regiments of the United States Army National Guard Category:Military in Pennsylvania