LINEAGEConstituted 5 August 1917 in the National Army as Battery D, 320th FA, an element of the 82nd Division
Organized 29 August 1917 at Camp Gordon, Georgia
Demobilized 12 May 1919 at Camp Dix, New Jersey
Reconstituted 24 June 1921 in the Organized Reserves as Battery D, 320th FA, an element of the 82d Division (later redesignated as the 82d Airborne Division)
Organized in December 1921 at Columbia, South Carolina
Absorbed 13 February 1942 by Battery A, 320th FA Battalion
Former Battery D, 320th FA, reconstituted 22 March 1957 in the Regular Army and redesignated as Battery D, 320th Artillery
Assigned 1 September 1957 to the 82d Airborne Division and activated at Fort Bragg, North Carolina
Inactivated 25 May 1964 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, and relieved from assignment to the 82d Airborne Division
Redesignated 1 September 1971 as Battery D, 320th FA
Assigned 2 October 1986 to the 193d Infantry Brigade and activated in the Canal Zone
Inactivated 15 October 1994 in Panama and relieved from assignment to the 193d Infantry Brigade
Redesignated 17 March 2004 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 4th Battalion, 320th FA (organic elements concurrently constituted)
Battalion assigned 16 September 2004 to the 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, and activated at Fort Campbell, KY
Redesignated 1 October 2005 as the 4th Battalion, 320th Field Artillery Regiment
SOURCE: LTC David J. Ell [HHB (BN CO), 4-320th FA, Jun 07-current]
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