K Bty, 29th Field Artillery
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Constituted 24 March 1923 in the Regular Army as the Combat Train portion of Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 2nd Battalion, 29th Field Artillery. (Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment and Combat Train, 2nd Battalion, 29th Field Artillery, redesignated 1 July 1924 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery and Combat Train, 2nd Battalion, 29th Field Artillery.) Redesignated in December 1938 as the Combat Train, 2nd Battalion, 29th Field Artillery. Activated 1 August 1940 at Fort Hoyle, Maryland, as an element of the 4th Division (later redesignated as the 4th Infantry Division).

Absorbed 1 October 1940 by Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 29th Field Artillery Battalion. (Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 29th Field Artillery, reorganized and redesignated 1 October 1940 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 29th Field Artillery Battalion; inactivated 14 February 1946 at Camp Butner, North Carolina; activated 15 July 1947 at Fort Ord, California; inactivated 1 April 1957 at Fort Lewis, Washington, and relieved from assignment to the 4th Infantry Division.) Former Combat Train, 2nd Battalion, 29th Field Artillery, reconstituted 25 June 1958 in the Regular Army.

Redesignated 31 July 1959 as Battery K, 29th Artillery. Activated 25 May 1967 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Inactivated 26 August 1968 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Redesignated 1 September 1971 as Battery K, 29th Field Artillery. Assigned 30 September 1978 to the 5th Infantry Division and activated at Fort Polk, Louisiana.


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