Lineage and Honors Information as of 25 April 2013
1120th MAINTENANCE COMPANY
- Organized and Federally recognized 31 August 1918 in the Oklahoma National Guard at Tishomingo as Company C, 3d Infantry
- Redesignated 2 June 1921 as Company L, 3d Infantry
- Redesignated 14 October 1921 as Company L, 180th Infantry, an element of the 45th Division (later redesignated as the 45th Infantry Division)
- Reorganized and redesignated 31 December 1921 as Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 180th Infantry
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 May 1940 as Headquarters Detachment, 1st Battalion, 180th Infantry
- Inducted into Federal service 16 September 1940 at Tishomingo
- Reorganized and redesignated 30 June 1942 as Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 180th Infantry
- Inactivated 24 November 1945 at Camp Bowie, Texas
- Reorganized and Federally recognized 3 October 1946 in the Oklahoma National Guard at Tishomingo as the 45th Cavalry Reconnaissance Troop, Mechanized, an element of the 45th Infantry Division
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 December 1948 as the 45th Reconnaissance Company
- Converted, reorganized, and redesignated 1 February 1949 as Company H, 180th Infantry, an element of the 45th Infantry Division
- Ordered into active Federal service 1 September 1950 at Tishomingo
- (Company H, 180th Infantry [NGUS], organized and Federally recognized 20 November 1952 at Tishomingo)
- Released from active Federal service 30 April 1954 and reverted to state control; Federal recognition concurrently withdrawn from Company H, 180th Infantry (NGUS)
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 May 1959 as Company E, 1st Battle Group, 180th Infantry
- Reorganized and redesignated 30 September 1962 as the 2d Rifle and Weapons Platoon, Company B, 1st Battle Group, 180th Infantry
- Converted, reorganized, and redesignated 1 April 1963 as Company A, 2d Battalion, 245th Armor, an element of the 45th Infantry Division
- Converted, reorganized, and redesignated 1 February 1968 as the 1245th Transportation Company and relieved from assignment to the 45th Infantry Division
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 May 1975 as Detachment 1, 1345th Transportation Company
- Redesignated 1 May 1976 as Detachment 1, 1245th Transportation Company
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 May 1982 as the 1245th Transportation Company
- Reorganized and redesignated 6 September 1992 as Detachment 1, 1245th Transportation Company
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 September 1996 as Detachment 1, 1120th Maintenance Company
- Consolidated 1 September 2001 with Detachment 2, 1120th Maintenance Company (organized and Federally recognized 16 November 1946 at Sulphur); consolidated unit designated as Detachment 1, 1120th Maintenance Company and location concurrently changed to Sulphur
- Consolidated 1 March 2007 with the 1120th Maintenance Company (see ANNEX), and consolidated unit designated as the 1120th Maintenance Company; location concurrently changed to Ada
- Ordered into active Federal service 19 October 2007 at Ada; released from active Federal service 21 November 2008 and reverted to state control
- ANNEX
- Organized and Federally recognized 8 May 1923 in the Oklahoma National Guard at Sulphur as Headquarters Battery, 158th Field Artillery, an element of the 45th Division (later redesignated as the 45th Infantry Division)
- Inducted into Federal service 16 September 1940 at Sulphur
- Disbanded 11 February 1942
- Reconstituted 25 August 1945 in the Oklahoma National Guard at Sulphur
- Converted, reorganized and Federally recognized 3 October 1946 as the Cannon Company, 180th Infantry, an element of the 45th Infantry Division
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 November 1948 as the Heavy Mortar Company, 180th Infantry
- Ordered into active Federal service 1 September 1950 at Sulphur
- (Heavy Mortar Company, 180th Infantry [NGUS] organized and Federally recognized 21 October 1952 at Sulphur)
- Heavy Mortar Company, 180th Infantry released from active Federal service 30 April 1954 and reverted to state control; Federal recognition concurrently withdrawn from the Heavy Mortar Company, 180th Infantry (NGUS)
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 May 1959 as the Combat Support Company (less Reconnaissance Platoon at Ada), 1st Battle Group, 180th Infantry, an element of the 45th Infantry Division
- Reorganized and redesignated 30 September 1962 as the Combat Support Company, 1st Battle Group, 180th Infantry
- Converted, reorganized, and redesignated 1 April 1963 as Company B, 120th Supply and Transport Battalion, an element of the 45th Infantry Division
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 February 1968 as the 1145th Transportation Company
- Converted, reorganized, and redesignated 1 December 1971 as the 1120th Maintenance Company
- Location changed 1 August 1999 to Ada
- Consolidated 1 September 2001 with Detachment 1, 1120th Maintenance Company (organized and Federally recognized 7 March 2000 at Konawa), and consolidated unit designated as the 1120th Maintenance Company
HOME STATION: Ada
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
- World War II
- Sicily (with arrowhead)
- Naples-Foggia
- Anzio
- Rome-Arno
- Southern France (with arrowhead)
- Rhineland
- Ardennes-Alsace
- Central Europe
- Korean War
- Second Korean Winter
- Korea, Summer-Fall 1952
- Third Korean Winter
- Korea, Summer 1953
- Southwest Asia
- Defense of Saudi Arabia
- Liberation and Defense of Kuwait
- Cease-Fire
- War on Terrorism
- Campaigns to be determined
DECORATIONS
- Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered MORTAGNE RIVER
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2008
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA 1991
- French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II, Streamer embroidered ACQUAFONDATA
- Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 1951-1953
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Center of Military History
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