Lineage and Honors Information as of 29 October 2012

1207th SUPPORT COMPANY

Parent unit organized and chartered 11 May 1818 in the Rhode Island Militia at Providence as the First Light Infantry Company, 2d Regiment
Reorganized and redesignated in April 1842 as the First Light Infantry Company
Expanded and mustered into Federal service 2 May 1861 at Washington, D.C., as Companies C and D, 1st Rhode Island Volunteer Infantry Regiment; mustered out of Federal service 2 August 1861 at Providence and resumed state status as the First Light Infantry
Expanded in January 1872 to form the 1st Light Infantry Regiment, with Companies A, B, C, and D (Companies B, C, and D -- hereafter separate lineages)
Company A, 1st Light Infantry Regiment, reorganized and redesignated 1 May 1875 as Company A, 1st Battalion of Infantry
Reorganized and redesignated 1 June 1887 as Company A, 1st Regiment of Infantry (Rhode Island Militia concurrently redesignated as the Brigade of Rhode Island Militia)
While remaining in state service, Company A, 1st Regiment of Infantry, additionally formed Company A, 1st Rhode Island Volunteer Infantry; mustered into Federal service 14 May 1898 at Quonset Point and mustered out of Federal service 30 March 1899 at Columbia, South Carolina
(Brigade of Rhode Island Militia redesignated 15 April 1907 as the Rhode Island National Guard)
Converted, reorganized, and redesignated 4 November 1908 as the 1st Company, 1st Artillery District, Coast Artillery Corps
Redesignated 3 September 1914 as the 1st Company, 1st Coast Defense Command, Coast Artillery Corps
Redesignated 18 December 1914 as the 1st Company, 1st Coast Artillery District, Coast Artillery Corps
Redesignated 2 January 1917 as the 1st Company, Rhode Island Coast Artillery
Called into Federal service 26 July 1917; drafted into Federal service 5 August 1917
Redesignated 31 August 1917 as the 9th Company, Coast Defenses of Narragansett Bay
Demobilized 19 December 1918 at Fort Adams, Rhode Island
Reconstituted 27 August 1919 in the Rhode Island National Guard; concurrently consolidated with the 29th Company, Coast Defenses of Boston (see ANNEX 1) and consolidated unit redesignated as the 1st Company, Coast Artillery Corps
Reorganized and Federally recognized 19 April 1920 in the Rhode Island National Guard at Providence
Reorganized and redesignated 31 January 1922 as the 345th Company, Coast Artillery Corps
Reorganized and redesignated 1 October 1923 as Battery A, 243d Artillery (Coast Artillery Corps)
Reorganized and redesignated 11 July 1924 as Battery A, 243d Coast Artillery
Inducted into Federal service 16 September 1940 at Providence
Reorganized and redesignated 7 October 1944 as Battery A, 188th Coast Artillery Battalion
Reorganized and redesignated 1 April 1945 as Battery A, Harbor Defenses of Narragansett Bay
Redesignated 30 June 1946 as Battery A, 188th Coast Artillery Battalion, and inactivated at Fort Wetherill, Rhode Island
Redesignated 2 July 1946 as Battery A, 243d Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion
Reorganized and Federally recognized 17 November 1947 in the Rhode Island National Guard at Providence
Reorganized and redesignated 1 August 1951 as Battery A, 243d Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion
Redesignated 1 October 1953 as Battery A, 243d Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion
Reorganized and redesignated 22 December 1958 as Battery A, 243d Missile Battalion
Reorganized and redesignated 1 April 1959 as Battery A, 2d Missile Battalion, 243d Artillery
Reorganized and redesignated 18 March 1963 as Battery C, 3d Howitzer Battalion, 103d Artillery
Converted, reorganized, and redesignated 1 February 1968 as the 1207th Transportation Company
Location changed 1 September 1980 to East Greenwich
Ordered into active Federal service 7 February 2003 at East Greenwich; released from active Federal service 10 July 2003 and reverted to state control
Ordered into active Federal service 1 July 2006 at East Greenwich; released from active Federal service 27 December 2007 and reverted to state control
Consolidated 1 September 2008 with the 1043d Maintenance Company
(see ANNEX 2) and consolidated unit converted, reorganized, and redesignated as the 1207th Support Company
Ordered into active Federal service 13 September 2010 at East Greenwich; released from active Federal service 17 October 2011 and reverted to state control
ANNEX 1

Constituted 30 October 1893 in the Brigade of Rhode Island Militia as Company A, 2d Regiment of Infantry

Organized 1 December 1893 at Providence
While remaining in state service, Company A, 2d Regiment of Infantry, additionally formed Company H, 1st Rhode Island Volunteer Infantry; mustered into Federal service 14 May 1898 at Quonset Point and mustered out of Federal service 30 March 1899 at Columbia, South Carolina
(Brigade of Rhode Island Militia redesignated 15 April 1907 as the Rhode Island National Guard)
Converted, reorganized, and redesignated 4 November 1908 as the 9th Company, 2d Artillery District, Coast Artillery Corps
Redesignated 3 September 1914 as the 9th Company, 2d Coast Defense Command, Coast Artillery Corps
Redesignated 18 December 1914 as the 9th Company, 1st Coast Artillery District, Coast Artillery Corps
Redesignated 2 January 1917 as the 9th Company, Rhode Island Coast Artillery
Called into Federal service 25 July 1917; drafted into Federal service 5 August 1917
Redesignated 31 August 1917 as the 29th Company, Coast Defenses of Boston
Demobilized 13 November 1918 at Fort Standish, Massachusetts
ANNEX 2
Constituted 27 October 1952 in the Rhode Island Army National Guard as Company A, 743d Ordnance Battalion (NGUS)
Organized and Federally recognized 1 December 1952 at Providence
Consolidated 15 June 1954 with Company A, 743d Ordnance Battalion
(see ANNEX 3) and consolidated unit designated as Company A, 743d Ordnance Battalion, an element of the 43d Infantry Division
Reorganized and redesignated 1 April 1959 as Company B, 743d Ordnance Battalion
Reorganized and redesignated 18 March 1963 as the 1043d Ordnance Company and relieved from assignment to the 43d Infantry Division
Reorganized and redesignated 1 February 1968 as the 1043d Light Maintenance Company; location concurrently changed to Pawtucket
Reorganized and redesignated 1 March 1972 as the 1043d Maintenance Company
Location changed 1 November 1993 to Providence; on 1 September 2003 to East Greenwich
ANNEX 3
Constituted 1 April 1953 in the Rhode Island Army National Guard as Company A, 743d Ordnance Battalion, an element of the 43d Infantry Division; concurrently activated in Federal service in Germany
Released from active Federal service 15 June 1954 and reverted to state control
HOME STATION: East Greenwich

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BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:

ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Center of Military History

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