Constituted 5 July 1918 in the National Army as the 26th Field Artillery and assigned to the 9th Division Organized 2 August 1918 at Camp McClellan, Alabama Demobilized 9 February 1919 at Camp McClellan, Alabama Reconstituted 24 March 1923 in the Regular Army as the 26th Field Artillery Assigned 22 July 1929 to the 5th Division Relieved 1 January 1930 from assignment to the 5th Division and assigned to the 9th Division (later redesignated as the 9th Infantry Division) Activated 1 August 1940 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina Reorganized and redesignated 1 October 1940 as the 26th Field Artillery Battalion Inactivated 20 November 1946 in Germany Activated 15 July 1947 at Fort Dix, New Jersey Relieved 1 December 1957 from assignment to the 9th Infantry Division; concurrently, reorganized and redesignated as the 26th Artillery, a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System Redesignated 1 September 1971 as the 26th Field Artillery Withdrawn 16 June 1988 from the Combat Arms Regimental System and reorganized under the United States Army Regimental System Redesignated 1 October 2005 as the 26th Field Artillery Regiment A Gold color metal and enamel device 1+1⁄8 inches (2.9 cm) in height overall consisting of a shield blazoned: Gules, in front of a horseshoe Proper, a 75mm projectile Or.

It refers to the unit's World War II action in that area for which it was cited by the Belgian Army.

Dinant is the bitterly contested point at which the 9th Division finally crossed the Meuse in force and established a secure bridgehead from which the enemy was pursued into Germany.

The two hills bearing the crescent and the star for Algeria and French Morocco, refer to the unit's initial combat experience, i.e., the assault landings in North Africa.

Although not currently active, Battery E was part of the 11th Air Assault Division (Test) at Fort Benning, GA, from 1963 to 1965.