Lineage and Honors Information as of 3 October 2011
HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS DETACHMENT
120th SUPPORT GROUP
Organized 16 June 1880 in the Maine Volunteer Militia at Waterville as Company H, 2d Infantry Regiment
(Maine Volunteer Militia redesignated 28 March 1893 as the Maine National Guard)
Disbanded 12 February 1903 at Waterville
Reconstituted 2 May 1903 in the Maine National Guard at Waterville as Company H, 2d Infantry Regiment
Mustered into Federal service 19 June 1916 at Waterville; mustered out of Federal service 25 October 1916 at Augusta
Called into Federal service 15-30 April 1917 at Waterville; drafted into Federal service 5 August 1917
Reorganized and redesignated 21 August 1917 as Company H, 103d Infantry, an element of the 26th Division
Demobilized 28 April 1919 at Camp Devens, Massachusetts
Consolidated 1 January 1922 with Company G, 3d Infantry (organized and Federally recognized 31 August 1918 at Waterville), and consolidated unit reorganized and redesignated as Company G, 103d Infantry, an element of the 43d Division (later redesignated as the 43d Infantry Division)
Inducted into Federal service 24 February 1941 at Waterville
Inactivated 1 November 1945 at Camp Stoneman, California
(103d Infantry relieved 21 May 1946 from assignment to the 43d Infantry Division)
Reorganized and Federally recognized 23 October 1946 in the Maine National Guard at Waterville as Headquarters Company, 3d Battalion, 103d Infantry
Reorganized and redesignated 2 February 1950 as Company I, 103d Infantry
Converted, reorganized, and redesignated 1 March 1959 as Headquarters Troop, 3d Reconnaissance Squadron, 103d Armored Cavalry
Reorganized and redesignated 1 June 1961 as Headquarters Company, 3d Medium Tank Battalion, 20th Armor
Reorganized and redesignated 1 March 1964 as Headquarters Company, 3d Battalion, 103d Armor
Converted, reorganized, and redesignated 31 December 1967 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 240th Engineer Group
Location changed 1 July 1996 to Gardiner; on 1 May 1998 to Augusta
Ordered into active Federal service 22 January 2006 at Augusta; released from active Federal service 20 July 2007 and reverted to state control
Converted, reorganized, and redesignated 1 September 2008 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 120th Support Group; location concurrently changed to Waterville
HOME STATION: Waterville
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
World War I
Champagne-Marne
Aisne-Marne
St. Mihiel
Meuse-Argonne
Ile de France 1918
Lorraine 1918
World War II
Guadalcanal
New Guinea
Northern Solomons
Luzon (with arrowhead)
War on Terrorism
Campaigns to be determined
DECORATIONS
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN 2006-2007
Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 1944 TO
4 JULY 1945
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Center of Military History