135th Support Detachment

Organized 15 May 1883 in the Missouri National Guard at Lamar as the Lamar City Guards
Reorganized and redesignated 26 November 1883 as Company D, 5th Regiment
Disbanded 19 April 1887
Reconstituted 14 December 1892 in the Missouri National Guard as Company C, 2d Regiment, and reorganized at Lamar
Mustered into Federal service 12 May 1898 at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri, as Company C, 2d Missouri Volunteer Infantry; mustered out of Federal service 3 March 1899 at Albany, Georgia, and reorganized in the Missouri National Guard as Company C, 2d Infantry
Called into Federal service 18 June 1916
Mustered into Federal service 27 June 1916 at Nevada; mustered out of Federal service 13 January 1917 at Fort Riley, Kansas
Drafted into Federal service 5 August 1917
Converted and redesignated 1 October 1917 as Company C, 128th Machine Gun Battalion, an element of the 35th Division
Redesignated 1 March 1918 as Company D, 129th Machine Gun Battalion, an element of the 35th Division
Demobilized 7 May 1919 at Fort Riley, Kansas
Reorganized and Federally recognized 17 January 1921 in the Missouri National Guard at Lamar as Headquarters Detachment and Combat Train, 2d Artillery (Coast Artillery Corps)
Redesignated 1 October 1921 as Headquarters Detachment and Combat Train, 1st Battalion, 203d Artillery (Coast Artillery Corps)
Redesignated 19 April 1924 as Headquarters Detachment and Combat Train, 1st Battalion, 203d Coast Artillery
Inducted into Federal service 16 September 1940 at Lamar as Headquarters Battery, 1st Battalion, 203d Coast Artillery
Reorganized and redesignated 12 February 1944 as Headquarters Battery, 86th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion
Inactivated 4 November 1944 at Camp Maxey, Texas
Converted, reorganized, and Federally recognized 29 November 1948 at Lamar as the Service Company, 196th Tank Battalion
Reorganized and redesignated 1 February 1949 as Company C, 135th Heavy Tank Battalion, an element of the 35th Infantry Division
Redesignated 1 September 1950 as Company C, 135th Tank Battalion
Redesignated 15 April 1959 as Company C, 2d Medium Tank Battalion, 203d Armor, an element of the 35th Infantry Division
Redesignated 1 April 1963 as Company C, 2d Battalion, 203d Armor, and relieved from assignment to the 35th Infantry Division
Converted and redesignated 15 January 1968 as the Earthmoving Platoon and 2d General Construction Platoon, Company A, 203d Engineer Battalion
Converted and redesignated 1 March 1972 as Detachment 1, 204th Supply Company
Converted and redesignated 1 February 1976 as the 865th Medical Company
Converted and redesignated 1 October 1985 as Detachment 1, Company A, 4th Support Battalion, 35th Infantry Division Support Command
Reorganized and redesignated 1 June 1987 as Detachment 1 Company A, 735th Support Battalion
Consolidated 1 November 1999 with Detachment 1, Company B, 203d Engineer Battalion (organized and Federally recognized 9 August 1999 at Lamar); and consolidated unit designated as Detachment 1, Company A, 735th Support Battalion
Ordered into active Federal service 30 October 2004 at Lamar; released from active Federal service 27 April 2006 and reverted to state control
Reorganized and redesignated 1 September 2006 as Detachment 1, Company A, 311th Support Battalion
Reorganized and redesignated 15 March 2014 as the 135th Support Detachment
HOME STATION: Lamar

Campaign Participation Credit

World War I
Meuse-Argonne
Alsace 1918
Lorraine 1918
World War II
Aleutian Islands
War on Terrorism
Campaigns to be determined

Decorations

None

By Order of the Secretary of the Army:

Richard W. Stewart, Ph.D.
Director, Center of Military History