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The 4th Battalion 42nd Field Artillery (4/42 FA) —nicknamed the Straight Arrows— is a field artillery battalion in the United States Army. Their motto is Festina Lente ("hurry slowly").The Coat of Arms of the 4th Battalion 42nd Field Artillery.
1 Unit assignment
Based at Fort Hood, Texas the 4/42 FA is under the command of 1st Brigade 4th Infantry Division . Each of the three gun batteries (A, B, C) support a different Battalion in the brigade. Headquarters and Headquarters Battery (HHB) provides the necessary support components for the running of the battalion and is also the home to the Fire Support Specialist s or Fisters. The battalion was the first in the Army to transition to the new Conservative Heavy Division (CHD) design.
2 Lineage
- Constituted 5 July 1918 in the National Army as Battery D, 42d Field Artillery, an element of the 14th Division.
- Organized 10 August 1918 at Camp Custer, Michigan.
- Demobilized 7 February 1919 at Camp Custer, Michigan.
- Reconstituted 1 October 1933 in the Regular Army as Battery D, 42d Field Artillery.
- Absorbed 1 October 1940 by Battery A, 42d Field Artillery Battalion. (Battery A, 42nd Field Artillery, redesignated 1 October 1940 as Battery A, 42nd Field Artillery Battalion, and activated at Fort Benning, Georgia, as an element of the 4th Division — later redesignated as the 4th Infantry Division.
- Inactivated 16 February 1946 at Fort Ord, California
- Consolidated 28 June 1950 with Battery A, 42d Coast Artillery [organized in 1907], and consolidated unit designated as Battery A, 42d Field Artillery Battalion.
- Former Battery D, 42d Field Artillery, reconstituted 1 April 1957 in the Regular Army and redesignated as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 4th Howitzer Battalion, 42d Artillery, activated 6 May 1959 at Fort Lewis, Washington.
- Redesignated 1 October 1963 as the 4th Battalion, 42d Artillery.
- Inactivated 15 December 1970 at Fort Carson, Colorado.
- Redesignated 1 September 1971 as the 4th Battalion, 42d Field Artillery.
3 Decorations
- Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered LUXEMBOURG (42nd Field Artillery Battalion cited; WD GO 30, 1946)
- Belgian Fourragère 1940 (42nd Field Artillery Battalion cited; DA GO 43, 1950)
- Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in BELGIUM (42nd Field Artillery Battalion cited; DA GO 43, 1950)
- Army Superior Unit Award for successful participation in the Army's Advanced Warfighting Experiment; March 1997
4 Killed in action
- November 11, 1966 - Charles Edward Brown Jr. (Battery C)
- December 11, 1966 - Dennis William Anderson (Battery B)
- December 14, 1966 - Kim Sovereen Bird (Battery C)
- May 29, 1967 - George Joseph Carr (Battery B)
- July 12, 1967 - Fred Garland Bragg Jr. (Battery B)
- July 12, 1967 - Le Roy Harland Charboneau (Battery B)
- July 12, 1967 - James Michael Haider (Battery B)
- November 9, 1967 - Robert E Scharon III (Battery B)
- November 20, 1967 - Thelbert G Page (HHB)
- November 26, 1967 - Jonathan Blue Jr. (HHB)
- November 30, 1967 - Jack Rogers (Battery A)
- February 2, 1968 - John Paul Culp (Battery B)
- May 27, 1968 - Larry Anthony Carvetta (Battery B)
- May 27, 1968 - Tom Galvez (Battery B)
- May 27, 1968 - Frank William Garapolo (Battery B)
- May 27, 1968 - John Richard Lindel (Battery B)
- May 27, 1968 - James Daniel McKelvey (Battery B)
- June 1, 1968 - Gary Koyle Darrah (Battery B)
- June 1, 1968 - Robert Lee Graham (Battery B)
- June 1, 1968 - Joseph Cephus King Jr. (Battery B)
- August 28, 1968 - Marcelino Nieves-Colon Jr. (Battery C)
- September 7, 1968 - Michael John Abruzzesa (Battery A)
- September 7, 1968 - John Wayne Johnson (Battery A)
- September 7, 1968 - George Dennis Taylor (Battery A)
- November 11, 1968 - John Daniel Shermos (HHB)
- March 3, 1969 - Jerry Glenn Ervin (Battery B)
- February 21, 1970 - Jeffrey Thomas Beardsley (Battery C)
- May 13, 1970 - Richard Alan Patterson (Battery C)
- September 11, 1970 - James Leonard Knobles (HHB)
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