Lineage and Honors Information as of 22 February 2011
245th MAINTENANCE COMPANY
Constituted 10 February 1936 in the Regular Army as Company D, 82d Quartermaster Battalion
Activated 15 February 1942 at Camp Gordon, Georgia
Redesignated 1 April 1942 as Company D, 82d Quartermaster Medium Maintenance Battalion
Redesignated 1 August 1942 as Company D, 82d Ordnance Medium Maintenance Battalion (Q)
Redesignated 4 November 1942 as the 3468th Ordnance Medium Maintenance Company (Q)
Redesignated 9 January 1943 as the 3468th Ordnance Medium Maintenance Company
Inactivated 31 October 1946 in Germany
Redesignated 26 April 1948 as the 245th Ordnance Medium Automotive Maintenance Company; concurrently withdrawn from the Regular Army and allotted to the Organized Reserves Corps
Activated 20 May 1948 at Boston, Massachusetts
Reorganized and redesignated 15 November 1950 as the 245th Ordnance Medium Automotive Maintenance Company
(Organized Reserve Corps redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)
Reorganized and redesignated 25 September 1953 as the 245th Ordnance Company
Location changed 15 March 1958 to Roslindale, Massachusetts
Ordered into active military service 1 October 1961 at Roslindale, Massachusetts; released from active military service 5 August 1962 and reverted to reserve status
Inactivated 9 April 1968 at Roslindale, Massachusetts
Activated 15 March 1972 at St Louis, Missouri, as the 245th Maintenance Company
Ordered into active military service 7 December 2003 at St Louis, Missouri; released from active military service 3 June 2005 and reverted to reserve status
Campaign Participation Credit
World War II
Normandy
Northern France
Rhineland
Ardennes-Alsace
Central Europe
War on Terrorism
Campaigns to be determined
Decorations
None
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
PETER D. CREAN
COL, LG
Director, Center of Military History