Lineage and Honors Information as of 6 May 2015
211th Maintenance Company
- Organized and Federally recognized 23 May 1921 in the Ohio National Guard at Dresden as Battery F, 135th Field Artillery
- Redesignated 1 July 1921 as Battery F, 134th Field Artillery, an element of the 37th Division
- Location changed 15 July 1926 to Coshocton
- Inducted into Federal service 15 October 1940 at Coshocton
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 February 1942 as Battery C, 140th Field Artillery Battalion, an element of the 37th Infantry Division
- Inactivated 18 December 1945 at Camp Anza, California
- Reorganized and Federally recognized 27 October 1947 in the Ohio National Guard at Coshocton as the 37th Mechanized Cavalry Reconnaissance Troop
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 December 1948 as the 37th Reconnaissance Company
- Ordered into active Federal service 15 January 1952 at Coshocton
- (37th Reconnaissance Company [NGUS] organized and Federally recognized
15 January 1954)
- Released from active Federal service 15 June 1954 and reverted to state control; Federal recognition concurrently withdrawn from the 37th Reconnaissance Company (NGUS)
- Converted and redesignated 1 September 1959 as Company A, 537th Transportation Battalion
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 April 1963 as Company B, 137th Supply and Transportation Battalion
- Consolidated 15 February 1968 with Company A, 2d Battalion, 137th Armor (see ANNEX 1); consolidated unit designated as Supply and Direct Support Platoons, Headquarters and Company A, 737th Maintenance Battalion and relieved from assignment to the 37th Infantry Division
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 February 1972 as the 214th Maintenance Company
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 September 1993 as Detachment 1, 211th Maintenance Company
- Consolidated 1 March 1998 with the 211th Maintenance Company (see ANNEX 2) and Detachment 1, 213th Maintenance Company (see ANNEX 3); consolidated unit designated as the 211th Maintenance Company; concurrently, location changed to Newark
- Ordered into active Federal service 30 October 2004 at Newark; released from active Federal service 27 April 2006 and reverted to state control
- Consolidated 1 September 2007 with Detachment 1, 211th Maintenance Company (see ANNEX 4); and consolidated unit designated as the 211th Maintenance Company
- ANNEX 1
- Organized and Federally recognized 22 January 1953 in the Ohio Army National Guard at New Philadelphia as Battery A, 182d Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 September 1959 as Battery A, 3d Automatic Weapons Battalion, 137th Artillery
- Converted and redesignated 1 April 1963 as Company A, 2d Battalion, 137th Armor, an element of the 37th Infantry Division
- ANNEX 2
- Organized and Federally recognized 19 November 1946 in the Ohio National Guard at Newark as the 737th Ordnance Company, an element of the 37th Infantry Division
- Ordered into active Federal service 15 January 1952 at Newark
- Reorganized and redesignated 20 May 1953 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 737th Ordnance Battalion
- (Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 737th Ordnance Battalion [NGUS] organized and federally recognized 15 January 1954)
- Released from active Federal service 15 June 1954 and reverted to state control; Federal recognition concurrently withdrawn from Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 737th Ordnance Battalion (NGUS)
- Consolidated 1 September 1959 with Company B, 737th Ordnance Battalion (see ANNEX 5); and consolidated unit designated as Headquarters and Company B, 737th Ordnance Battalion
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 April 1963 as Headquarters and Company A, 737th Maintenance Battalion
- Relieved 15 February 1968 from assignment to the 37th Infantry Division
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 February 1972 as the 211th Maintenance Company
- ANNEX 3
- Organized and Federally recognized 15 July 1947 in the Ohio National Guard at Mt. Vernon as Company D, 166th Infantry
- Converted and redesignated 1 September 1959 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 537th Transportation Battalion, an element of the 37th Infantry Division
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 April 1963 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 137th Supply and Transportation Battalion
- Reorganized and redesignated 15 February 1968 as Company F, 738th Maintenance Battalion, an element of the 38th Infantry Division
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 May 1968 as Company B, 738th Maintenance Battalion
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 March 1977 as Company D, 237th Support Battalion, an element of the 73d Infantry Brigade
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 December 1988 as Company B, 237th Support Battalion
- (73d Infantry Brigade redesignated 6 September 1992 as the 37th Infantry Brigade)
- Consolidated 1 September 1993 with Detachment 1, 214th Maintenance Company (organized and Federally recognized 1 June 1974 at Newark); and consolidated unit designated as Detachment 1, 213th Maintenance Company; concurrently, location changed to Newark
- ANNEX 4
- Constituted 1 April 2000 in the Ohio Army National Guard as Detachment 1, 211th Maintenance Company
- Organized and Federally recognized 8 September 2000 at Mt. Vernon
- Ordered into active Federal service 30 October 2004 at Mt. Vernon; released from active Federal service 27 April 2006 and reverted to state control
- ANNEX 5
- Constituted 10 April 1953 as Company B, 737th Ordnance Battalion and allotted to the Ohio National Guard
- Activated 20 May 1953 at Camp Polk, Louisiana and assigned to the 37th Infantry Division
- (Company B, 737th Ordnance Battalion [NGUS] organized and Federally recognized 15 January 1954 at Newark)
- Released from active Federal service 15 June 1954 and reverted to state control; Federal recognition concurrently withdrawn from Company B, 737th Ordnance Battalion (NGUS)
- HOME STATION: Newark
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
- World War II
- Northern Solomons
- Luzon (with arrowhead)
- War on Terrorism
- Iraq:
- Iraqi Governance
DECORATIONS
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2004-2005
- Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 1944 TO 4 JULY 1945
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
RICHARD W. STEWART, PH.D.
Chief of Military History
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