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Lineage and Honors Information as of 25 June 2013

104th CAVALRY REGIMENT

  • Constituted 30 June 1874 in the Pennsylvania National Guard as the 8th Infantry Regiment
  • Organized 4 August 1874 in south-central Pennsylvania
  • Mustered into Federal service 11-12 May 1898 at Mount Gretna as the 8th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry; mustered out of Federal service 7 March 1899 at Augusta, Georgia
  • Reorganized 21 April-21 June 1899 in south-central Pennsylvania as the 8th Infantry Regiment
  • Mustered into Federal service 9 July 1916 at Mount Gretna; mustered out of Federal service 27 February-4 March 1917
  • Mustered into Federal service 19-23 July 1917 at home stations; drafted into Federal service 5 August 1917
  • Consolidated 11 October 1917 with the 16th Infantry Regiment (organized in 1878) and consolidated unit concurrently reorganized and redesignated as the 112th Infantry and assigned to the 28th Division
  • Demobilized 6 May 1919 at Camp Dix, New Jersey
  • Former 8th Infantry Regiment reorganized 16 October 1919 in the Pennsylvania National Guard in south-central Pennsylvania as the 8th Infantry, with Headquarters at Harrisburg
  • Consolidated 1 June 1921 with elements of the 1st Cavalry; concurrently converted and redesignated as the 104th Cavalry and assigned to the 21st Cavalry Division; Headquarters Federally recognized 21 July 1921 at Harrisburg
  • Relieved 18 June 1939 from assignment to the 21st Cavalry Division and assigned to the 22d Cavalry Division
  • Relieved 23 September 1940 from assignment to the 22d Cavalry Division
  • Inducted into Federal service 17 February 1941 at home stations
  • Regiment broken up 1 January 1944 and its elements reorganized and redesignated as follows:
  • Headquarters and Headquarters Troop as Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 104th Cavalry Group, Mechanized
  • 1st and 2d Squadrons as the 104th and 119th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadrons, Mechanized
  • Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 104th Cavalry Group, Mechanized, and the 119th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, Mechanized, inactivated 15 August 1944 at Camp Gruber, Oklahoma; 104th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, Mechanized, inactivated 15 November 1945 at Camp Hood, Texas
  • Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 104th Cavalry Group, Mechanized, and the 104th and 119th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadrons, Mechanized, consolidated, reorganized, and Federally recognized 17 April 1947 as the 104th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, Mechanized, with Headquarters at Harrisburg
  • Reorganized and redesignated 1 September 1950 as the 104th Armored Cavalry (less 2d and 3d Battalions); (164th Military Police Battalion [organized in 1948 with Headquarters at York] concurrently converted and redesignated as the 2d Battalion, 104th Armored Cavalry)
  • (3d Battalion organized March-June 1952 in western Pennsylvania; Federal recognition withdrawn 15 September 1953 from Headquarters, 3d Battalion, and remaining elements converted and redesignated 16 September 1953 as NGUS units of the 112th Infantry and 229th Field Artillery—hereafter separate lineages; new 3d Battalion organized 23 September 1953 with Headquarters at Lewistown; redesignated 1 June 1959 as the 3d Squadron, 104th Armored Cavalry Regiment; regiment reorganized 1 February 1968 and the 3d Squadron allotted to the New Jersey Army National Guard—separate lineage)
  • Regiment (less 3d Squadron) broken up 1 April 1975 and its elements reorganized and redesignated as follows:
  • Headquarters and Headquarters Troop as the Support Company, 28th Aviation Battalion, an element of the 28th Infantry Division
  • Troop B as Troop B, 1st Squadron, 104th Cavalry, an element of the 28th Infantry Division (see ANNEX)
  • (Troop N as Company A, 28th Aviation Battalion, an element of the 28th Infantry Division; 1st Squadron [less Troop B] as the 1st Battalion, 166th Field Artillery, an element of the 28h Infantry Division; 2d Squadron as the 2d Battalion, 112th Infantry, an element of the 28th Infantry Division—hereafter separate lineages)
  • Support Company, 28th Aviation Battalion, consolidated 1 October 1986 with the 104th Cavalry (see ANNEX), a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System, and consolidated unit designated as the 104th Cavalry to consist of the 1st Squadron, an element of the 28th Infantry Division
  • Withdrawn 30 March 1987 from the Combat Arms Regimental System and reorganized under the United States Army Regimental System with Headquarters at Philadelphia
  • Ordered into active Federal service 31 May 2002 at home stations; released from active Federal service 20 May 2003 and reverted to state control
  • Reorganized 1 September 2003 as the 104th Cavalry, to consist of the 1st Squadron, and Troop K, elements of the 28th Infantry Division
  • Reorganized 1 October 2004 to consist of the 1st and 2d Squadrons, elements of the 28th Infantry Division (337th Engineer Battalion [organized in 1996 with Headquarters at Reading] concurrently converted, reorganized, and redesignated as the 2d Squadron)
  • Redesignated 1 October 2005 as the 104th Cavalry Regiment
  • Reorganized 1 September 2006 to consist of the 1st Squadron, an element of the 28th Infantry Division, and the 2d Squadron, an element of the 56th Brigade Combat Team, 28th Infantry Division
  • Reorganized 1 September 2007 to consist of the 1st Squadron, an element of the 55th Brigade Combat Team, 28th Infantry Division, and the 2d Squadron, an element of the 56th Brigade Combat Team, 28th Infantry Division
  • (1st Squadron ordered into active Federal service 26 November 2007 at home stations; released from active Federal service 29 December 2008 and reverted to state control)
  • (2d Squadron ordered into active Federal service 19 September 2008 at home stations; released from active Federal service 23 October 2009 and reverted to state control)
  • (1st Squadron ordered into active Federal service 12 October 2012 at home stations)
  • ANNEX
  • Constituted 20 May 1959 in the Pennsylvania Army National Guard as the 1st Reconnaissance Squadron, 103d Armor, an element of the 28th Infantry Division
  • Organized 1 June 1959 from existing units with Headquarters at Philadelphia
  • Reorganized and redesignated 1 April 1963 as the 223d Cavalry, a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System, to consist of the 1st Squadron, an element of the 28th Infantry Division (Troops B and D, 1st Squadron, allotted 21 January 1968 to the Maryland Army National Guard; Troop C, 1st Squadron, allotted 1 February 1968 to the Virginia Army National Guard)
  • Redesignated 1 April 1975 as the 104th Cavalry and reorganized wholly in the Pennsylvania Army National Guard to consist of the 1st Squadron, an element of the 28th Infantry Division

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

  • World War I
  • Champagne-Marne
  • Aisne-Marne
  • Oise-Aisne
  • Meuse-Argonne
  • Champagne 1918
  • Lorraine 1918
  • World War II
  • Northern France
  • Central Europe
  • War on Terrorism
  • Iraq:
  • Iraqi Sovereignty

Headquarters Troop (Second Troop Philadelphia City Cavalry), 1st Squadron, additionally entitled to:

  • World War I
  • Ypres-Lys
  • World War II
  • Naples-Foggia
  • Anzio
  • Rome-Arno
  • Southern France
  • (with arrowhead)
  • Rhineland
  • Ardennes-Alsace

Troop A (First Troop Philadelphia City Cavalry), 1st Squadron, additionally entitled to:

  • Revolutionary War
  • Trenton
  • Princeton
  • Brandywine
  • Germantown
  • New Jersey 1776
  • New Jersey 1777
  • Pennsylvania 1777
  • Civil War
  • Peninsula
  • Manassas
  • Antietam
  • Fredericksburg
  • Gettysburg
  • Wilderness
  • Spotsylvania
  • Cold Harbor
  • Petersburg
  • Shenandoah
  • Appomattox
  • Virginia 1861
  • Virginia 1862
  • Virginia 1863
  • Virginia 1864
  • Maryland 1863
  • Pennsylvania 1863
  • War with Spain
  • Puerto Rico
  • World War I
  • Ypres-Lys

Troop B (State Fencibles – Philadelphia), 1st Squadron, additionally entitled to:

  • Civil War
  • Gettysburg
  • Maryland 1863
  • Pennsylvania 1863
  • World War II
  • Central Pacific
  • Eastern Mandates
  • Western Pacific
  • War on Terrorism
  • Iraq:
  • Iraqi Governance
  • National Resolution

Troop C (The Governor’s Troop – Annville), 1st Squadron, additionally entitled to:

  • War with Spain
  • Puerto Rico
  • World War I
  • Ypres-Lys

Headquarters and Headquarters Troop (Reading Artillerists), 2d Squadron, 104th Cavalry additionally entitled to:

  • War of 1812
  • Streamer without inscription
  • Mexican War
  • Vera Cruz
  • Cerro Gordo
  • Churubusco
  • Molino del Rey
  • Chapultepec
  • Contreras
  • Puebla 1847
  • Civil War
  • Antietam
  • Chancellorsville
  • Virginia 1862
  • War with Spain
  • Puerto Rico
  • World War II
  • Tunisia
  • Naples-Foggia
  • (with arrowhead)
  • Rome-Arno
  • Rhineland

Troop C (Chambersburg), 2d Squadron, additionally entitled to:

  • World War II
  • Naples-Foggia
  • Rome-Arno
  • North Apennines

DECORATIONS

  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2009
  • Troop B (State Fencibles – Philadelphia), 1st Squadron, entitled to:
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered PACIFIC THEATER
  • Troop C (Chambersburg), 2d Squadron, additionally entitled to:
  • French Croix de Guerre with Silver-Gilt Star, Streamer embroidered ROME – ARNO

BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:

ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Center of Military History

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