During the Vietnam War, the 3rd Battalion arrived as part of the 196th Light Infantry Brigade in 1966. While with the 196th LIB, it participated in Operation Attleboro I and II, Operation Cedar Falls, Operation Gadsden, and Operation Junction City. Later elements of the 82nd Field Artillery Regiment participated in Operation Clean House, Operation Pershing and Operation Sheridan Sabre, A Battery 3rd Battalion 82nd Artillery fired support in the Battle of Kham Duc. Bravo Battery was the last artillery unit to leave Vietnam in 1972.