| Unit Name: | 142nd Field Artillery Battalion |
| Dates: | 1955-1959 |
| Allegiance: | Colorado |
| Branch: | Colorado Army National Guard |
| Type: | Field artillery |
| Garrison Label: | Home station |
| Motto: | Knock Them Out |
The 142nd Field Artillery Battalion was a Field Artillery Branch battalion of the Colorado Army National Guard.
Organized 27 July 1885 in the Colorado National Guard as Company C, 1st Regiment Infantry (Greeley Guards).
Mustered out 6 October 1888 at Greeley, ColoradoReorganized 23 November 1895 at Greeley as Company D. 1st infantry Regiment.
Mustered into Federal service 8 May 1898 at Camp Alva Adams, Denver, as Company D. 1st volunteer Infantry Regiment. (Home Guard Company D. 1st Infantry Regiment organized February 1899 at Greely)Mustered out of Federal service 8 September 1899 at San Francisco, California and consolidated with Home Guard company D. 1st Infantry Regiment Colorado National guard.
Disbanded 27 May 1915 at GreeleyReorganized 16 September 1921 at Greeley as Headquarters Company, 177th Infantry Regiment.
Redesignated 16 November 1921 as Headquarters Company 157th Infantry RegimentRedesignated Headquarters Company (less antitank platoon), 157th Infantry Regiment and assigned to the 45th Infantry Division 1 September 1939
Reorganized and redesignated 1 November 1939 as Company B. 157th Infantry Regiment inducted into Federal service 16 September 1940 at GreeleyInactivated 22 November 1945 at Camp Bowie, Texas
Relieved from the 45th division and redesignated Headquarters Company 2nd Battalion, 157th Infantry Regiment 10 may 1946.Converted, reorganized and redesignated Headquarters and Headquarters Battery 142nd Field Artillery Battalion, 1 August 1955 ; concurrently remainder of battalion organized from existing units as follows.
Battalion broken up 1 February 1959 and elements reorganized or consolidated as follows.
War with Spain
Philippine Insurrection
World War II
French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II, streamer embroidered Italy
Per fess embattled or and gules, in chief two wigwams of the second, garnished of the first and in base a sea lion brandishing a sword in dexter paw of the last
That for the regiments and separate battalions of the Colorado National guard
The shield is that of the coat of arms of the 157th Infantry with the colors reversed to indicate descent from that regiment. The colors scarlet and yellow are used for artillery. These colors are also the Spanish colors and with embattled partition line and the Philippine sea lion refer to the walled city of Manila in the Philippine Islands. The wigwams refer to Indian service in the frontier days.