Lineage And Honors Information
Lineage and Honors Information as of 23 July 2012
145th ARMORED REGIMENT
(FIFTH OHIO)
- Organized 28 April 1861 in the Ohio Militia as the 7th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, with companies from Cleveland and northeastern Ohio, and mustered into Federal service
- Mustered out of Federal service 16 June 1861 at Camp Dennison, Ohio; concurrently, reorganized and mustered into Federal service at Camp Dennison, Ohio, as the 7th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry
- (Ohio Militia redesignated 31 March 1864 as the Ohio National Guard)
- Mustered out of Federal service 6-7 July 1864 at Cleveland
- Reorganized 1870-1877 in state service as independent companies
- Companies in the northeastern portion of the state consolidated 30 June 1877 and designated as the 15th Infantry Regiment, with Headquarters at Cleveland
- Regiment (less Companies D, G, H, and K) disbanded 22 March 1881; Companies D, G, H, and K reorganized as unattached companies
- Former Companies D, G, H, and K, 15th Infantry Regiment, and other existing companies reorganized 7 July 1881 to form the 5th Infantry Regiment
- Mustered into Federal service 11 May 1898 at Camp Bushnell, Ohio, as the 5th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; mustered out of Federal service 5 November 1898 at Cleveland and reorganized in the Ohio National Guard as the 5th Infantry Regiment
- Regiment disbanded 14 April 1899; elements reorganized as unattached companies
- Former 5th Infantry Regiment reorganized 14 July 1899 with Headquarters at Cleveland
- Mustered into Federal service 19 June 1916 at Camp Willis, Ohio; mustered out of Federal service 15 March 1917 at Fort Wayne, Michigan
- Called into Federal service 15 July 1917; drafted into Federal service 5 August 1917
- Reorganized and redesignated 25 September 1917 as the 145th Infantry, and assigned to the 37th Division
- Demobilized 13 April 1919 at Camp Sherman, Ohio
- Elements of the former 5th Infantry Regiment consolidated with elements of the former 8th Infantry Regiment (see ANNEX 1), and consolidated unit reorganized 1919-1920 in the Ohio National Guard as the 3d Infantry; Headquarters Federally recognized 1 July 1920 at Cleveland
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 July 1921 as the 145th Infantry and assigned to the 37th Division
- Inducted into Federal service 15 October 1940 at home stations
- (37th Division redesignated 1 February 1942 as the 37th Infantry Division)
- Inactivated 13 December 1945 at Camps Anza and Stoneman, California
- Reorganized and Federally recognized 21 November 1946 in the Ohio National Guard as the 145th Infantry, with Headquarters at Cleveland, and remained assigned to the 37th Infantry Division
- Ordered into active Federal service 15 January 1952 at home stations
- (145th Infantry [NGUS] organized and Federally recognized 15 January 1954 with Headquarters at Cleveland)
- Released from active Federal service 15 June 1954 and reverted to state control; concurrently, Federal recognition withdrawn from the 145th Infantry (NGUS)
- Reorganized 1 September 1959 as the 145th Infantry, a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System, to consist of the 1st Battle Group, an element of the 37th Infantry Division, and the 2d Battle Group
- Reorganized (less Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battle Group) 1 April 1963 to consist of the 1st and 3d Battalions, elements of the 37th Infantry Division, and the 2d Battalion (Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battle Group, reorganized and redesignated as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Brigade, 37th Infantry Division-hereafter separate lineage)
- Reorganized 15 February 1968 to consist of the 1st Battalion, and the 2d Battalion, an element of the 38th Infantry Division
- Reorganized 1 May 1968 to consist of the 1st Battalion
- Consolidated 1 June 1974 with the 107th Armored Cavalry (see ANNEX 2) and consolidated unit designated as the 107th Armored Cavalry
- Regiment (less 1st Squadron) reorganized 1 May 1977 in the Ohio Army National Guard (Troop A, Support Squadron, allotted 1 October 1986 to the West Virginia Army National Guard; allotted 15 October 1990 to the Ohio Army National Guard)
- Reorganized 1 June 1989 as a parent regiment under the United States Army Regimental System
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 September 1993 as the 107th Cavalry to consist of the 1st Battalion, an element of the 28th Infantry Division, and the 4th Squadron
- Reorganized 31 March 1994 to consist of the 1st Battalion, an element of the 28th Infantry Division, and the 2d and 4th Squadrons
- Reorganized 1 September 1994 to consist of the 1st Battalion and the 2d Squadron, elements of the 38th Infantry Division, and the 4th Squadron
- Reorganized 15 September 1996 to consist of the 1st Battalion and the 2d Squadron, elements of the 38th Infantry Division
- Reorganized 1 September 2002 to consist of the 1st Battalion, an element of the 28th Infantry Division, and the 2d Squadron, an element of the 38th Infantry Division
- Redesignated 1 October 2005 as the 107th Cavalry Regiment
- Reorganized 1 September 2007 to form the 145th Armored Regiment, a parent regiment under the United States Army Regimental System, to consist of the 1st Battalion, an element of the 2d Brigade Combat Team, 28th Infantry Division, and the 107th Cavalry Regiment (107th Cavalry Regiment-hereafter separate lineage)
- Relieved 1 March 2008 from assignment to the 2d Brigade Combat Team, 28th Infantry Division
- Ordered into active Federal service 25 September 2008 at home stations; released from active Federal service 29 October 2009 and reverted to state control
- ANNEX 1
- Organized 6 July 1876 from new and existing elements in the Ohio National Guard as the 8th Infantry Regiment, with Headquarters at Massillon
- Consolidated 13 August 1878 with the 9th Infantry Regiment (organized 21 February 1877 with Headquarters at Akron) and consolidated unit designated as the 8th Infantry Regiment; concurrently, location of Headquarters changed to Wooster
- Consolidated 27 June 1881 with the 10th Infantry Regiment (organized 6 July 1876 with Headquarters at Youngstown), and consolidated unit designated as the 8th Infantry Regiment
- Mustered into Federal service 13 May 1898 at Camp Bushnell, Ohio, as the 8th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; mustered out of Federal service 21 November 1898 at Wooster and reorganized in the Ohio National Guard as the 8th Infantry Regiment
- Regiment disbanded 14 April 1899; elements reorganized as unattached companies
- Former 8th Infantry Regiment reorganized 21 July 1899 with Headquarters at Bucyrus
- Mustered into Federal service 19 June 1916 at Camp Willis, Ohio; mustered out of Federal service 22 March 1917 at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana
- Called into Federal service 15 July 1917; drafted into Federal service 5 August 1917
- Reorganized and redesignated 15 September 1917 as the 146th Infantry and assigned to the 37th Division
- Demobilized 19-21 April 1919 at Camp Sherman, Ohio
- ANNEX 2
- Parent unit constituted 7 May 1877 in the Ohio National Guard and organized from new and existing units as the 1st, 2d, and 3d Troops of Cavalry
- 1st Troop disbanded 28 January 1879 at Cincinnati; 2d Troop converted, reorganized, and redesignated in 1882 as Company A, 13th Infantry Regiment, at Hillsboro; 3d Troop disbanded in 1883 at Shelby
- 1st Cleveland Troop organized 10 September 1887 in the Ohio National Guard at Cleveland (organized 10 October 1877 as an independent militia company)
- Redesignated 12 September 1895 as Troop A (1st Cleveland Troop)
- Expanded, reorganized, and redesignated 3 May 1898 as Troops A, B, and C, 1st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Cavalry; remainder of regiment organized from new and existing units
- Mustered into Federal service 9-11 May 1898 at Camp Bushnell, Ohio; mustered out of Federal service 22-24 October 1898 at Cleveland
- Former Troop A (1st Cleveland Troop) reorganized 14 April 1899 in the Ohio National Guard at Cleveland; Troop B reorganized 12 December 1902 in the Ohio National Guard at Columbus
- Reorganized 25 July 1910 as the 1st Cavalry Squadron with Headquarters at Cleveland (Troops C and D organized in 1911 at Cincinnati and Toledo, respectively)
- Mustered into Federal service 6 July 1916 at Columbus; mustered out of Federal service 28 February 1917 at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana
- Expanded 16 April 1917 to form the 1st Cavalry
- Expanded, converted, reorganized, and redesignated 23 May 1917 as the 2d and 3d Field Artillery
- Called into Federal service 15 July 1917 at Cleveland and Youngstown, respectively; drafted into Federal service 5 August 1917
- Reorganized and redesignated 15 September 1917 as the 135th and 136th Field Artillery, respectively, and assigned to the 37th Division
- Demobilized 10 April 1919 at Camp Sherman, Ohio
- Converted, reorganized, and Federally recognized 20 October 1919-18 November 1920 in the Ohio National Guard as the 1st Cavalry with Headquarters at Cincinnati
- Redesignated 1 July 1921 as the 107th Cavalry and assigned to the 22d Cavalry Division
- (Location of Headquarters changed 10 May 1927 to Cleveland)
- Consolidated 1 November 1940 with the 22d Reconnaissance Squadron (organized and Federally recognized 15 September 1939 with Headquarters at Cincinnati) and consolidated unit designated as the 107th Cavalry; concurrently, relieved from assignment to the 22d Cavalry Division
- Inducted into Federal service 5 May 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, 107th Cavalry Group, Mechanized
- 2d Squadron as the 107th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, Mechanized
- (1st Squadron as the 22d Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, Mechanized-hereafter separate lineage)
- After 1 January 1944 the above units underwent changes as follows:
- Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 107th Cavalry Group, Mechanized, inactivated 6 March 1945 at Camp Polk, Louisiana
- 107th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, Mechanized, inactivated 16 November 1945 at Camp Bowie, Texas
- Reorganized and Federally recognized 10 November 1947 in the Ohio National Guard as the 107th Mechanized Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron with Headquarters at Cleveland
- Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 107th Cavalry Group, Mechanized, and the 107th Mechanized Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron consolidated 15 September 1949 with the 185th Tank Battalion (organized and Federally recognized 12 December 1946 with Headquarters at Cincinnati) and consolidated unit reorganized and redesignated as the 107th Armored Cavalry with Headquarters at Cleveland
- (3d Squadron allotted 1 May 1968 to the West Virginia Army National Guard; allotted 1 June 1974 to the Ohio Army National Guard)
- HOME AREA: Northeast Ohio
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
- Civil War
- Antietam
- Chancellorsville
- Gettysburg
- Chattanooga
- Virginia 1862
- Georgia 1864
- War with Spain
- Santiago
- World War I
- Ypres-Lys
- Meuse-Argonne
- Lorraine 1918
- World War II
- Northern France
- Rhineland
- Central Europe
- Northern Solomons
- Luzon (with arrowhead)
- War on Terrorism
- Global War on Terrorism
- War on Terrorism
- Iraq:
- Transition of Iraq
- Iraqi Governance
Headquarters Company (Stow), 1st Battalion, additionally entitled to:
- World War I
- Alsace 1918
- World War II
- Northern Solomons (with arrowhead)
Company B (Cleveland), 1st Battalion, additionally entitled to:
- Korean War
- First UN Counteroffensive
- CCF Spring Offensive
- UN Summer-Fall Offensive
- Second Korean Winter
- Korea, Summer-Fall 1952
- Third Korean Winter
- Korea, Summer 1953
DECORATIONS
- Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 1944 TO 4 JULY 1945
- Headquarters Company (Stow), 1st Battalion, additionally entitled to:
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered BOUGAINVILLE JAN-MAR 1944
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered BOUGAINVILLE MAR-APR 1944
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered PACIFIC THEATER 1944-1945
- French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War I, Streamer embroidered MEUSE-ARGONNE
- Company B (Cleveland), 1st Battalion, additionally entitled to:
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered KOREA
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ MAR 2004-DEC 2004
- Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 1950-1952
- Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 1952
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Center of Military History