457th Chemical Company

• Organized 2 September 1874 at Milwaukee as the Kosciuszko Guard; mustered into the Wisconsin National Guard 24 August 1877
• Reorganized 1 January 1885 as Company B (Kosciuszko Guard), 4th Infantry Battalion
• Reorganized in 1892 as Company B, 4th Infantry
• Mustered into Federal service 14 May 1898 at Milwaukee as Company K, 1st Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry; mustered out of Federal service 19 October 1898 at Milwaukee
• Reorganized and redesignated 10 June 1899 as Company K, 1st Infantry
• Mustered into Federal service 30 June 1916 at Camp Douglas, Wisconsin; mustered out of Federal service 19 January 1917 at Fort Sheridan, Illinois
• Called into Federal service 15 July 1917 at Camp Douglas, Wisconsin; drafted into Federal service 5 August 1917
• Reorganized and redesignated 27 September 1917 as Company K, 127th Infantry and assigned to the 37th Division
• Demobilized 18 May 1919 at Camp Grant, Illinois
• Reorganized and Federally recognized 19 March 1920 in the Wisconsin National Guard as the 6th Separate Company
• Reorganized and redesignated 1 April 1921 as Company K, 127th Infantry and assigned to the 32d Division (later redesignated as the 32d Infantry Division)
• Inducted into Federal service 15 October 1940 at Milwaukee
• Inactivated 28 February 1946 in Japan
• Reorganized and Federally recognized 21 July 1947 in the Wisconsin National Guard at Milwaukee
• Reorganized and redesignated 15 February 1959 as Company B, 3d Battle Group, 127th Infantry
• Location changed 1 July 1960 to Oak Creek
• Reorganized and redesignated 1 April 1963 as Company B, 2d Battalion, 128th Infantry
• Relieved 30 December 1967 from assignment to the 32d Infantry Division and assigned to the 32d Infantry Brigade
• Consolidated 1 September 1986 with Detachment 1, Company B, 2d Battalion, 128th Infantry (see ANNEX 1); consolidated unit designated as Company B, 2d Battalion, 128th Infantry, and location changed to Burlington
• Reorganized and redesignated 1 July 1992 as the Service Battery, 1st Battalion, 126th Field Artillery and relieved from assignment to the 32d Infantry Brigade
• Consolidated 1 September 2003 with Detachment 1, Service Battery, 1st Battalion, 126th Field Artillery (see ANNEX 2); consolidated unit designated as the Service Battery, 1st Battalion, 126th Field Artillery; concurrently, location changed to Burlington
• Redesignated 1 October 2005 as the Service Battery, 1st Battalion, 126th Field Artillery Regiment
• Converted and redesignated 1 September 2008 as the 457th Chemical Company
• Consolidated 1 September 2019 with Detachment 1, 457th Chemical Company (organized and Federally recognized 25 October 2012 at Burlington); consolidated unit designated as the 457th Chemical Company, and location changed to Whitewater
• ANNEX 1
• Organized and Federally recognized 20 January 1953 in the Wisconsin Army National Guard at Burlington as the Service Battery, 126th Field Artillery Battalion, an element of the 32d Infantry Division
• Reorganized and redesignated 15 February 1959 as Battery A, 2d Howitzer Battalion, 126th Artillery
• Reorganized and redesignated 1 April 1963 as Battery A, 2d Battalion, 126th Artillery
• Reorganized and redesignated 14 February 1964 as Battery A, 1st Battalion, 126th Artillery and relieved from assignment to the 32d Infantry Division
• Converted and redesignated 1 November 1965 as the Mortar, Antitank, and Support Platoons, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2d Battalion, 128th Infantry, an element of the 32d Infantry Division
• Reorganized and redesignated 1 March 1967 as the Heavy Mortar Platoon and Battalion Antitank Platoon, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2d Battalion, 128th Infantry, an element of the 32d Infantry Brigade
• Reorganized and redesignated 2 February 1970 as Detachment 2, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2d Battalion, 128th Infantry
• Reorganized and redesignated 1 April 1971 as Detachment 1, Support Company, 2d Battalion, 128th Infantry
• Reorganized and redesignated 1 February 1980 as Detachment 1, Company B, 2d Battalion, 128th Infantry
• ANNEX 2
• Organized and Federally recognized 18 July 1947 in the Wisconsin National Guard at Kenosha as Battery A, 126th Field Artillery Battalion, an element of the 32d Infantry Division
• Reorganized and redesignated 15 February 1959 as Battery B, 2d Howitzer Battalion, 126th Artillery
• Reorganized and redesignated 1 April 1963 as Battery B, 2d Battalion, 126th Artillery
• Reorganized and redesignated 14 February 1964 as Battery B, 1st Battalion, 126th Artillery and relieved from assignment to the 32d Infantry Division
• Consolidated 30 December 1967 with Battery A, 1st Battalion, 126th Artillery (organized and Federally recognized 1 November 1965 at Kenosha) and consolidated unit designated as Service Battery, 1st Battalion, 126th Artillery
• Reorganized and redesignated 1 May 1972 as the Service Battery, 1st Battalion, 126th Field Artillery
• Reorganized and redesignated 1 April 1992 as Detachment 1, Service Battery, 1st Battalion, 126th Field Artillery

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