The 11th Field Artillery Regiment was constituted on 3 June 1916 in the Regular Army at Camp Douglas.

[1] The regiment was shipped to England aboard RMS Carolina on 14 July 1918 and fought in the Meuse-Argonne Offensive, seeing its first action on the night of 26 October at Rémonville and participating in the largest artillery barrage of the war on 1 November.

[1] For reasons unclear, Battery E, which had become separated from the rest of the regiment and was situated east of Beaufort, was accorded the honor of firing the final shot of World War I.

The final shot, a 95-pound shell, was fired at 10:59:59 am on 11 November by a 155mm Schneider howitzer,[1] at an unknown target (probably the Metz-Sedan railway).

Robert Kalsu, one of two NFL players killed in Vietnam, served with Battery A, 2d Battalion in the 101st Airborne Division.

[3] A gold color metal and enamel device 1+1⁄4 inches (3.2 cm) in height overall consisting of a shield blazoned: Or, on a bend Gules, three alerions of the field, in dexter base a six-pointed mullet of the second.

[4] The distinctive unit insignia was originally approved for the 11th Field Artillery Regiment on 7 November 1922.

It was amended to correct and clarify the background history and significance of the design as given in the description of the original approval on 10 March 1959.