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Lineage and Honors Information as of 13 September 2007

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HEADQUARTERS, 33d INFANTRY BRIGADE COMBAT TEAM
(PRAIRIE)

 

Organized 24 April 1832 in the Illinois Militia at Decatur as Captain Isaac C. Pugh’s Company

Mustered into Federal service 6 May 1832 at Fort Armstrong, Illinois, as an element of the 5th Regiment of Illinois Mounted Volunteers, Whiteside’s Brigade; mustered out of Federal service 27 May 1832 at the mouth of the Fox River

Mustered into Federal service 4 July 1846 at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri, as Company C (Captain Isaac C. Pugh, commanding) 4th Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Militia; mustered out of Federal service 29 May 1847 at New Orleans, Louisiana

Reorganized 18 April 1861 at Decatur as Company A (Captain Isaac C. Pugh, commanding), 8th Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry

Mustered into Federal service 25 April 1861 at Springfield

Mustered out of Federal service 25 July 1861 at Cairo; concurrently reorganized and mustered into Federal service at Cairo; mustered out of Federal service 4 May 1866 at Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Disbanded 13 May 1866 at Springfield

Reorganized in 1877 at Decatur as follows:

Company K, 5th Infantry Regiment, organized 5 February 1877 in the Illinois State Guard (redesignated 1 July 1877 as the Illinois National Guard) as the Decatur Grenadiers

Company I, 5th Infantry Regiment, organized 7 August 1877 in the Illinois National Guard at Decatur as the Decatur Guards; redesignated in March 1880 as Company H, 5th Infantry Regiment

Companies H and K, 5th Infantry Regiment, consolidated in 1882 and
consolidated unit designated as Company H, 5th Infantry Regiment

Mustered into Federal service 7 May 1898 at Springfield as Company H, 5th Illinois Volunteer Infantry; mustered out of Federal service 16 October 1898 at Springfield and resumed state status as Company H, 5th Infantry

Redesignated 23 June 1913 as Company L, 5th Infantry

Mustered into Federal service 26 March 1917 at Decatur; drafted into Federal service
5 August 1917

Reorganized and redesignated 16 October 1917 as Company A, 124th Machine Gun Battalion, an element of the 33d Division

Demobilized 31 May 1919 at Camp Grant, Illinois

Reorganized 21 March 1921 in the Illinois National Guard at Decatur as Company H, 5th Infantry; Federally recognized 6 May 1921

Redesignated 22 June 1921 as Company A, 4th Infantry

Redesignated 13 December 1921 as Company A, 130th Infantry, an element of the 33d Division (later redesignated as the 33d Infantry Division)

Reorganized and redesignated 1 January 1924 as the Service Company, 130th Infantry

Inducted into Federal service 5 March 1941 at Decatur

Inactivated 5 February 1946 in Japan

(130th Infantry relieved 5 July 1946 from assignment to the 33d Infantry Division and assigned to the 44th Infantry Division)

Reorganized and Federally recognized 25 March 1947 at Decatur

Ordered into active Federal service 15 February 1952 at Decatur; released from active Federal service 10 October 1954 and reverted to state control (130th Infantry concurrently relieved from assignment to the 44th Infantry Division)

Consolidated 1 December 1954 with the Service Company, 132d Infantry (organized and Federally recognized 16 March 1954 at Decatur), and consolidated unit designated as the Service Company, 130th Infantry, an element of the 33d Infantry Division

Reorganized and redesignated 1 March 1959 as Headquarters Company, 2d Battle Group, 130th Infantry

Reorganized and redesignated 1 April 1963 as Headquarters Company, 2d Battalion, 130th Infantry

Reorganized and redesignated 1 February 1968 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 66th Brigade, 47th Infantry Division

Redesignated 10 February 1991 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 66th Brigade, 34th Infantry Division

Redesignated 1 October 1997 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 66th Brigade, 35th Infantry Division

Ordered into active Federal service 4 January 2002 at Decatur; released from active Federal service 30 September 2002 and reverted to state control

Consolidated 1 September 2006 with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 33d Support Group (see ANNEX 1) and consolidated unit designated as Headquarters, 33d Infantry Brigade Combat Team; location concurrently changed to Urbana

 

 

ANNEX 1

Constituted 18 July 1917 in the Illinois National Guard as Headquarters, 33d Division

Organized 27 August 1917 at Camp Logan, Texas

Demobilized 6 June 1919 at Camp Grant, Illinois

Reorganized and Federally recognized 13 December 1923 in the Illinois National Guard at Chicago as Headquarters, 58th Field Artillery Brigade, 33d Division; Headquarters Detachment organized and Federally recognized 19 July 1927 at Chicago

Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 33d Division, inducted into Federal service 5 March 1941 at Chicago

Reorganized and redesignated 21 February 1942 as Headquarters, 33d Infantry Division

Inactivated 5 February 1946 in Japan

Reorganized and Federally recognized 7 November 1946 at Chicago

Location changed 1 March 1954 to Urbana

(Headquarters Company, 33d Infantry Division, organized 1 March 1959 at Urbana)

Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 33d Infantry Division, reorganized and redesignated 1 February 1968 at Chicago as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 33d Infantry Brigade (Headquarters Company, 33d Infantry Brigade, concurrently consolidated with Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 33d Infantry Division Artillery [see ANNEX 2], and Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3d Brigade, 33d Infantry Division [see ANNEX 3], and consolidated unit designated as Headquarters Company, 33d Infantry Brigade)

Converted and redesignated 1 October 1997 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 33d Support Group

Ordered into active Federal service 29 January 2004 at Chicago; released from active Federal service 29 July 2005 and reverted to state control

 

ANNEX 2

Constituted 18 July 1917 in the National Guard as Headquarters, 58th Field Artillery Brigade, and assigned to the 33d Division

Organized 10 September 1917 at Camp Logan, Texas

Demobilized 8 June 1919 at Camp Grant, Illinois

Reorganized and Federally recognized 29 May and 16 April 1926 in the Illinois National Guard at Chicago as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 58th Field Artillery Brigade, respectively, and assigned to the 33d Division (later redesignated as the 33d Infantry Division)

Inducted into Federal service 5 March 1941 at Chicago

Reorganized and redesignated 21 February 1942 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 33d Division Artillery

Inactivated 5 February 1946 in Japan

Reorganized and Federally recognized 18 December 1946 at Chicago

Reorganized and redesignated 1 March 1959 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 33d Infantry Division Artillery

ANNEX 3

Organized 3 June 1916 in the Illinois National Guard at Chicago as Headquarters Company, 1st Infantry

Mustered into Federal service 26 June 1916; mustered out of Federal service 4 October 1916

Mustered into Federal service 4 April 1917; drafted into Federal service 5 August 1917

Reorganized and redesignated 12 October 1917 as Headquarters Company, 131st Infantry, an element of the 33d Division

Demobilized 6 June 1919 at Camp Grant, Illinois
HEADQUARTERS, 33d INFANTRY BRIGADE COMBAT TEAM
(PRAIRIE)

Reorganized and Federally recognized 8 June 1922 in the Illinois National Guard at Chicago as Headquarters Company, 131st Infantry, an element of the 33d Division (later redesignated as the 33d Infantry Division)

Consolidated 1 October 1939 with the Howitzer Company, 131st Infantry (see ANNEX 4), and consolidated unit designated as Headquarters Company, 131st Infantry

Inducted into Federal service 5 March 1941 at Chicago

Inactivated 26 February 1944 at Fort Benning, Georgia

Reorganized and Federally recognized 20 December 1946 at Chicago

Consolidated 1 March 1959 with the Medical Company, 131st Infantry (see ANNEX 5), and the Service Company, 131st Infantry (see ANNEX 6), and consolidated unit reorganized and redesignated as Headquarters Company, 1st Battle Group, 131st Infantry

Reorganized and redesignated 1 April 1963 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3d Brigade, 33d Infantry Division

ANNEX 4

Organized 25 May 1917 in the Illinois National Guard while in Federal service as the Machine Gun Company, 1st Infantry

Drafted into Federal service 5 August 1917

Reorganized and redesignated 12 October 1917 as the Machine Gun Company, 131st Infantry, an element of the 33d Division

Demobilized 6 June 1919 at Camp Grant, Illinois

Reorganized and Federally recognized 30 June 1921 in the Illinois National Guard at Chicago as the Howitzer Company, 1st Infantry

Redesignated 13 December 1921 as the Howitzer Company, 131st Infantry, an element of the 33d Division (later redesignated as the 33d Infantry Division)

 

ANNEX 5

Organized 3 June 1916 in the Illinois National Guard at Chicago as the Sanitary Detachment, 1st Infantry

Mustered into Federal service 26 June 1916; mustered out of Federal service 4 October 1916

Mustered into Federal service 4 April 1917; drafted into Federal service 5 August 1917

Reorganized and redesignated 12 October 1917 as the Sanitary Detachment, 131st Infantry, an element of the 33d Division

Demobilized 6 June 1919 at Camp Grant, Illinois

Reorganized and Federally recognized 3 May 1921 in the Illinois National Guard at Chicago as the Medical Department Detachment, 1st Infantry

Redesignated 13 December 1921 as the Medical Department Detachment, 131st Infantry, an element of the 33d Division (later redesignated as the 33d Infantry Division)

Reorganized and redesignated 1 May 1940 as the Medical Detachment, 131st Infantry

Inducted into Federal service 5 March 1941 at Chicago

Inactivated 26 February 1944 at Fort Benning, Georgia

Reorganized and Federally recognized 27 June 1947 at Chicago

Reorganized and redesignated 1 March 1948 as the Medical Company, 131st Infantry

 

ANNEX 6

Organized 21 July 1916 in the Illinois National Guard while in Federal service as the Supply Company, 1st Infantry

Mustered out of Federal service 6 November 1916

Mustered into Federal service 4 April 1917; drafted into Federal service 5 August 1917

Reorganized and redesignated 12 October 1917 as the Supply Company, 131st Infantry, an element of the 33d Division

Demobilized 6 June 1919 at Camp Grant, Illinois

Reorganized and Federally recognized 8 June 1922 in the Illinois National Guard at Chicago as the Service Company, 131st Infantry, an element of the 33d Division (later redesignated as the 33d Infantry Division)

Inducted into Federal service 5 March 1941 at Chicago

Inactivated 26 February 1944 at Fort Benning, Georgia

Reorganized and Federally recognized 31 January 1947 at Chicago

HOME STATION: Urbana

 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

                                                                        Indian Wars
                                                                        Black Hawk

                                                                        Mexican War
                                                                        Vera Cruz
                                                                        Cerro Gordo

                                                                        Civil War
                                                                        Henry and Donelson
                                                                        Shiloh
                                                                        Vicksburg
                                                                        Missouri 1861
                                                                        Kentucky 1862
                                                                        Mississippi 1862
                                                                        Mississippi 1863
                                                                        Mississippi 1864
                                                                        Tennessee 1862
                                                                        Alabama 1865

                                                                        World War I

                                                                        Somme Offensive
                                                                        Meuse-Argonne
                                                                        Lorraine 1918
                                                                        Picardy 1918

                                                                        World War II

                                                                        New Guinea
                                                                        Luzon

                                                                        War on Terrorism
                                                                        Campaigns to be determined

 

DECORATIONS

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered PACIFIC THEATER 1944-1945

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered PACIFIC THEATER 1945

Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 2004-2005

Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 1944 TO
4 JULY 1945

 

BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:

 

 

JEFFREY J. CLARKE
Chief of Military History


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