Constituted 5 July 1918 in the National Army as Battery B, 29th Field Artillery,
an element of the 10th Division. Organized 11 August 1918 at Camp Funston,
Kansas. Demobilized 4 February 1919 at Camp Funston, Kansas. Reconstituted
24 March 1923 in the Regular Army as Battery B, 29th Field Artillery.
Activated 1 August 1940 at Fort Benning, Georgia, as an element of the 4th Division
(later redesignated as the 4th Infantry Division).
Reorganized and redesignated 1 October 1940 as Battery B, 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.
Redesignated 2 June 1958 as Battery B, 29th Artillery. Activated 21 June 1958 at
Fort Benning, Georgia. Inactivated 25 March 1964 at Fort Benning, Georgia. Activated
25 June 1965 at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. Redesignated 1 September 1971 as Battery B,
29th Field Artillery. Inactivated 23 June 1972 in Vietnam. Assigned 21 September 1978
to the 3rd Infantry Division and activated in Germany.
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