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53d Support Detachment
(Seventh New York)

  • Organized May – June 1806 in the New York State Militia at New York as four companies of artillery commanded by Captains Henry Morgan, James Hewitt, John Fleming, and John Forbes
  • Assigned 26 July 1806 to the Battalion of Artillery, 1st Artillery Brigade, Major Andrew Sitcher commanding
  • (Battalion of Artillery, 1st Artillery Brigade reorganized, redesignated, and expanded 5 April 1807 as the 3d Regiment of Artillery)
  • Companies reorganized and redesignated 25 August 1808 as the 2d Battalion, 3d Regiment of Artillery
  • Redesignated 13 June 1812 as the 2d Battalion, 11th Regiment of Artillery
  • Mustered into Federal service 15 September 1812 at New York; mustered out of Federal service 15 December 1812 at New York
  • Mustered into Federal service 2 September 1814 at New York; mustered out of Federal service 2 December 1814 at New York
  • Redesignated 27 January 1825 as the 2d Battalion, 2d Regiment of Artillery
  • Reorganized and redesignated 1 October 1825 as the Battalion of National Guards, 1st Brigade of Artillery
  • Expanded and redesignated 6 May 1826 as the 27th Regiment of Artillery
  • Converted and redesignated 27 July 1847 as the 7th Regiment (Infantry)
  • Mustered into Federal service 26 April 1861 at Washington, D.C.; mustered out of Federal service 3 June 1861 at New York
  • (New York State Militia redesignated 23 April 1862 as the New York National Guard)
  • Mustered into Federal service 19 June 1862 at Fort Federal Hill, Maryland; mustered out of Federal service 5 September 1862 at New York
  • Mustered into Federal service 17 June 1863 at New York; mustered out of Federal service 21 July 1863 at New York
  • Redesignated 28 June 1899 as the 7th Infantry Regiment
  • Mustered into Federal service 26 June 1916 at New York; mustered out of Federal service 2 December 1916 at New York
  • Mustered into Federal service 25 July 1917 at New York; drafted into Federal service 5 August 1917
  • (7th Infantry organized 3 August 1917 in the New York Guard at New York to replace regiment in Federal service)
  • Reorganized and redesignated 1 October 1917 as the 107th Infantry and assigned to the 27th Division
  • Demobilized 2 April 1919 at Camp Upton, New York
  • Consolidated 1 June 1921 with the 7th Infantry, New York Guard; consolidated unit concurrently reorganized in the New York National Guard at New York as the 107th Infantry and assigned to the 27th Division; with Headquarters Federally recognized 6 January 1922
  • Relieved 17 June 1922 from assignment to the 27th Division and assigned to the 44th Division
  • Relieved 15 September 1923 from assignment to the 44th Division and assigned to the 27th Division
  • Converted and redesignated 1 August 1940 as the 207th Coast Artillery and relieved from assignment to the 27th Division
  • Inducted into Federal service 10 February 1941 at New York
  • Regiment broken up 21 April 1943 and its elements reorganized and redesignated as follows:
  • Headquarters and Headquarters Battery as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 207th Antiaircraft Artillery Group; inactivated 22 December 1945 at Camp Myles Standish, Massachusetts
  • 1st Battalion as the 771st Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion; inactivated 15 January 1946 at Guam
  • 2d Battalion as the 7th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion; inactivated 12 January 1946 at Camp Stoneman, California
  • 3d Battalion as the 247th Antiaircraft Artillery Searchlight Battalion; inactivated 31 October 1944 at Camp Gordon, Georgia
  • Above units consolidated, reorganized, and Federally recognized 20 October 1947 as the 107th Infantry with Headquarters at New York
  • Assigned 15 October 1957 to the 42d Infantry Division
  • Reorganized 16 March 1959 as a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System to consist of the 1st Battle Group, an element of the 42d Infantry Division
  • Reorganized 15 April 1963 to consist of the 1st and 2d Battalions, elements of the 42d Infantry Division
  • Reorganized 1 February 1968 to consist of the 1st Battalion, an element of the 42d Infantry Division
  • (1st Battalion ordered into active Federal service 24 March 1970 at home stations; released 30 March 1970 from active Federal service and reverted to state control)
  • Withdrawn 1 May 1989 from the Combat Arms Regimental System and reorganized under the United States Army Regimental System with Headquarters at New York
  • Consolidated 1 September 1991 with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 107th Brigade, 42d Infantry Division (see ANNEX 1), and consolidated unit designated as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 107th Brigade, 42d Infantry Division
  • Consolidated 1 September 1993 with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 205th Support Group (see ANNEX 2), and consolidated unit designated as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 107th Support Group; concurrently relieved from assignment to the 42d Infantry Division
  • Consolidated 1 September 2006 with the 27th Support Center (see ANNEX 3) and consolidated unit designated as the 53d Support Detachment
  • Ordered into active Federal service 18 February 2009 at New York; released from active Federal service 24 March 2010 and reverted to state control
  • Ordered into active Federal service 8 March 2014 at New York
  • ANNEX 1
  • Organized and Federally recognized 18 December 1947 in the New York National Guard at New York as the Service Company, 107th Infantry
  • (107th Infantry assigned 15 October 1957 to the 42d Infantry Division)
  • Reorganized and redesignated 15 April 1963 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2d Brigade, 42d Infantry Division
  • Ordered into active Federal service 24 March 1970 at New York; released 31 March 1970 from active Federal service and reverted to state control
  • Redesignated 2 October 1990 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 107th Brigade, 42d Infantry Division
  • ANNEX 2
  • Organized and Federally recognized 16 March 1959 in the New York Army National Guard as Headquarters Company, 42d Infantry Division
  • Ordered into active Federal service 24 March 1970 at New York; released 30 March 1970 from active Federal service and reverted to state control
  • Converted and redesignated as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 205th Support Group, and relieved from assignment to the 42d Infantry Division
  • ANNEX 3
  • Constituted 30 November 1971 in the New York Army National Guard as the 42d Finance Company and assigned to the 42d Infantry Division
  • Organized and Federally recognized 1 December 1971 at New York
  • Reorganized and redesignated 1 April 1987 as Detachment 1, 42d Finance Company
  • Converted and redesignated 1 December 1989 as the 27th Support Center and relieved from assignment to the 42d Infantry Division
  • Ordered into active Federal service 10 February 2003 at New York; released 12 June 2004 from active Federal service and reverted to state control

HOME STATION: New York

Campaign Participation Credit

  • War of 1812
  • Streamer without inscription
  • Civil War
  • Streamer without inscription
  • World War I
  • Somme Offensive
  • Ypres-Lys
  • Flanders 1918
  • World War II
  • Normandy
  • Northern France
  • Ardennes – Alsace
  • Rhineland
  • Central Europe
  • Western Pacific
  • Leyte
  • Ryukyus
  • War on Terrorism
  • Campaigns to be determined

Decorations

  • Portuguese Ordem da Torra e Espada (Order of Tower and Sword), Streamer embroidered FRANCE

By Order of the Secretary of the Army:

RICHARD W. STEWART, Ph.D.
Chief of Military History


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