Lineage and Honors Information as of 1 August 2011
7th FINANCE DETACHMENT
Parent unit organized 25 May 1917 in the New York National Guard at New York as Headquarters Troop, New York Division
Called into Federal service 24 July 1917 at New York; drafted into Federal service
5 August 1917
Reorganized and redesignated 1 October 1917 as Headquarters Troop, 27th Division
Demobilized 1 April 1919 at Camp Upton, New York
Consolidated 15 November 1921 with Company A, 1st Machine Gun Battalion, New York Guard (see Annex 1), and consolidated unit reorganized and Federally recognized in the New York National Guard at New York as Headquarters Company, Special Troops, 27th Division
Reorganized and redesignated 27 October 1937 as Headquarters Company, 27th Division (later redesignated as the 27th Infantry Division)
Inducted into Federal service 15 October 1940 at New York
Reorganized and redesignated 1 September 1942 as Headquarters Company (less Military Police Platoon), 27th Infantry Division
Inactivated 31 December 1945 at Fort Lawton, Washington
Consolidated 27 September 1946 with Headquarters Company (less Military Police Platoon), 42d Infantry Division (see ANNEX 2) and consolidated unit designated as Headquarters Company, 42d Infantry Division
Reorganized and Federally recognized 20 June 1947 in the New York National Guard at New York
Converted, reorganized, and redesignated 19 May 1959 as the 42d Administration Company and remained assigned to the 42d Infantry Division
Ordered into active Federal service 24 March 1970 at New York; released from active Federal service 30 March 1970 and reverted to state control
Redesignated 1 October 1971 as the 42d Adjutant General Company
Reorganized and redesignated 1 September 1990 as Detachment 1, 42d Adjutant General Company
Expanded, converted, reorganized, and redesignated 1 October 1993 as the 7th and 37th Finance Detachments (37th Finance Detachment-hereafter separate lineage)
7th Finance Detachment ordered into active Federal service 10 February 2003 at New York; released from active Federal service 1 December 2003 and reverted to state control
Ordered into active Federal service 10 June 2006 at New York; released from active Federal service 3 December 2007 and reverted to state control
ANNEX 1
Organized 29 July 1918 in the New York Guard at New York as the Motor Machine Gun Battery, 1st Field Artillery
Reorganized and redesignated 23 May 1919 as the 1st Motor Machine Gun Company
Reorganized and redesignated 3 November 1919 as Company A, 1st Machine Gun Battalion
ANNEX 2
Constituted 5 February 1943 in the Army of the United States as Headquarters Company (less Military Police Platoon), 42d Infantry Division
Activated 14 July 1943 at Camp Gruber, Oklahoma
Inactivated 13 July 1946 in Austria
Allotted 17 September 1946 to the New York National Guard
HOME STATION: New York
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
World War I
Ypres-Lys
Somme Offensive
World War II
Western Pacific
Rhineland
Ardennes-Alsace
Ryukyus
Central Europe
War on Terrorism
Campaigns to be determined
DECORATIONS
None
BY THE ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Center of Military History