Lineage and Honors Information as of 11 December 2007
HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY
495th SUPPORT GROUP
Organized 7 February 1910 in the Montana National Guard at Kalispell as Company F, 2d Infantry Regiment
Mustered into Federal service 27 June 1916 at Fort William H. Harrison, Montana; mustered out of Federal service 3 November 1916 at Fort William H. Harrison, Montana
Called into Federal service 25 March 1917 at Fort William H. Harrison, Montana
Drafted into Federal service 5 August 1917
Reorganized and redesignated 19 September 1917 as Company F, 163d Infantry, an element of the 41st Division
Demobilized 21 February 1919 at Camp Dix, New Jersey
Reorganized 8 May 1923 in the Montana National Guard at Kalispell as Company F, 163d Infantry Regiment
Inducted into Federal service 16 September 1940 at Kalispell
Inactivated 31 December 1945 in Japan
Reorganized and Federally recognized 10 December 1947 at Kalispell as Battery C, 443d Field Artillery Battalion
Reorganized and redesignated 1 March 1953 as Battery C, 443d Armored Field Artillery Battalion
Reorganized and redesignated 16 December 1953 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 639th Field Artillery Battalion
Reorganized and redesignated 1 May 1959 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 2d Howitzer Battalion, 190th Artillery
Consolidated 18 December 1967 with Battery B, 2d Howitzer Battalion, 190th Artillery (see ANNEX), and consolidated unit designated as Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 2d Squadron, 163d Armored Cavalry Regiment
Reorganized and redesignated 1 December 1988 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2d Battalion, 163d Cavalry
Converted and redesignated 1 September 2000 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 495th Transportation Battalion
Ordered into active Federal service 10 February 2003 at Kalispell; released 11 June 2004 from active Federal service and reverted to state control
Converted and redesignated 1 September 2006 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 495th Support Battalion
ANNEX
Constituted 16 December 1953 in the Montana Army National Guard as Battery B, 639th Field Artillery Battalion
Organized and Federally recognized 16 April 1954 at Kalispell
Reorganized and redesignated 1 May 1959 as Battery B, 2d Howitzer Battalion, 190th Artillery
HOME STATION: Kalispell
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
World War I
Streamer without inscription
World War II
Papua
New Guinea (with arrowhead)
Luzon
Southern Philippines (with arrowhead)
War on Terrorism
Campaigns to be determined
DECORATIONS
Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered PAPUA
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
JEFFREY J. CLARKE
Chief of Military History
JEFFREY J. CLARKE
Chief of Military History