Organized and Federally recognized 3 June 1921 in the Ohio National Guard at Portsmouth as Battery C, 135th Field Artillery, an element of the 37th Division

            Redesignated 1 July 1921 as Battery B, 134th Field Artillery

            Inducted into Federal service 15 October 1940 at Portsmouth

            Reorganized and redesignated 1 February 1942 as Battery B, 134th Field Artillery Battalion, an element of the 37th Division (37th Division concurrently redesignated as the 37th Infantry Division)

            Relieved 31 July 1943 from assignment to the 37th Infantry Division     

            Inactivated 13 October 1945 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina

            Consolidated 11 June 1947 with Headquarters Battery, 134th Field Artillery Battalion (see ANNEX 1); consolidated unit concurrently reorganized and Federally recognized in the Ohio National Guard at Portsmouth as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3d Battalion, 166th Infantry

            Converted, reorganized, and redesignated 1 September 1959 as Company A, 216th Engineer Battalion

            Reorganized and redesignated 1 April 1963 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 216th Engineer Battalion

            Reorganized and redesignated 1 September 1997 as Company B, 216th Engineer Battalion

            Ordered into active Federal service 18 December 2003 at Portsmouth; released from active Federal service 16 April 2005 and reverted to state control

            Consolidated 1 September 2007 with Detachment 1, Company B, 216th Engineer Battalion (see ANNEX 2); consolidated unit designated as the 1191st Engineer Company

ANNEX 1

            Organized and Federally recognized 24 June 1921 in the Ohio National Guard at Portsmouth as Headquarters Detachment and Combat Train, 1st Battalion, 1st Field Artillery

            Reorganized and redesignated 1 July 1921 as Headquarters Detachment and Combat Train, 1st Battalion, 134th Field Artillery, an element of the 37th Division

            Redesignated 1 July 1925 as Headquarters Battery and Combat Train, 1st Battalion, 134th Field Artillery

            Reorganized and redesignated 1 August 1940 as Headquarters Battery, 1st Battalion, 134th Field Artillery

            Inducted into Federal service 15 October 1940 at Portsmouth

Reorganized and redesignated 1 February 1942 as Headquarters Battery, 134th Field Artillery Battalion (37th Division concurrently redesignated as the 37th Infantry Division)

Relieved 31 July 1943 from assignment to the 37th Infantry Division
           
Inactivated 13 October 1945 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina

ANNEX 2

            Organized and Federally recognized 16 May 1929 in the Ohio National Guard at Ironton as the Howitzer Company, 166th Infantry, an element of the 37th Division (37th Division concurrently redesignated as the 37th Infantry Division)

            Reorganized and redesignated 1 October 1939 as Company K, 166th Infantry

            Inducted into Federal service 15 October 1940 at Ironton

            Relieved 1 February 1942 from assignment to the 37th Infantry Division

            Inactivated 12 February 1945 at Fort Sill, Oklahoma

            Reorganized and Federally recognized 4 March 1947 in the Ohio National Guard at Ironton as Company K, 166th Infantry

            Converted, reorganized, and redesignated 1 September 1959 as Company C, 216th Engineer Battalion

            Reorganized and redesignated 15 February 1968 as the Administrative, Supply, Equipment and Battalion Medical Sections, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 216th Engineer Battalion

            Redesignated 1 February 1972 as Detachment 1, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 216th Engineer Battalion

            Consolidated 1 April 1993 with Detachment 1, Company B, 216th Engineer Battalion (organized and Federally recognized 13 February 1992 at Ironton); consolidated unit designated as Detachment 1, Company B, 216th Engineer Battalion

            Reorganized and redesignated 1 October 1993 as Detachment 1, Company C, 216th Engineer Battalion

            Reorganized and redesignated 1 September 1997 as Detachment 1, Company B, 216th Engineer Battalion

            Ordered into active Federal service 18 December 2003 at Ironton; released from active Federal service 16 April 2005 and reverted to state control

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