Lineages and Honors Information
Transportation

Lineage and Honors Information as of 17 July 2017

Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment
1144th Transportation Battalion

  • Organized 8 July 1897 in the Illinois National Guard at Springfield as Troop D, Squadron of Cavalry
  • Redesignated and mustered into Federal service 21 May 1898 as Troop D, 1st Regiment of Cavalry, Illinois Volunteers
  • Mustered out of Federal service 11 October 1898 at Fort Sheridan, Illinois
  • Reorganized and redesignated in 1899 as Troop D, Squadron of Cavalry, Illinois National Guard
  • Redesignated 22 June 1899 as Troop D, 1st Cavalry
  • Mustered into Federal service 27 June 1916; mustered out of Federal service 17 November 1916 at For Sheridan, Illinois
  • Converted and redesignated 24 June 1917 as Battery A, 3d Field Artillery
  • Called into Federal service 25 July 1917; drafted into Federal service 5 August 1917
  • Reorganized and redesignated 21 September 1917 as Battery A, 124th Field Artillery, an element of the 33d Division
  • Demobilized 8 June 1919 at Camp Grant, Illinois
  • Reorganized 28 June 1922 at Springfield as Troop F, 2d Squadron, 106th Cavalry
  • Reorganized and redesignated 1 January 1940 as Troop A, 23d Reconnaissance Squadron
  • Reorganized and redesignated 1 September 1940 as Troop D, 106th Cavalry and relieved from assignment to the 33d Division
  • Inducted into Federal service 25 November 1940 at Springfield
  • Reorganized and redesignated 15 March 1944 as Troop B, 121st Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron
  • Inactivated 23 October 1945 at Camp Shanks, New York
  • Reorganized and Federally recognized 1Novermer 1946 as Company F, 106th Mechanized Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron
  • Reorganized and redesignated 13 February 1949 as Company C, 106th Heavy Tank Battalion, an element of the 44th Infantry Division
  • Redesignated 1 September 1950 as Company C, 106th Tank Battalion
  • Ordered into active Federal service 15 February 1952; released from active Federal service 10 October 1954 and reverted to State control; concurrently, relieved from assignment to the 44th Infantry Division
  • Redesignated 1 December 1954 as Company A, 106th Tank Battalion, an element of the 33d Infantry Division
  • Reorganized and redesignated 1 March 1959 as Company C, 2d Medium Tank Battalion, 106th Armor, an element of the 33d Infantry Division
  • Consolidated 1 April 1963 with Company A, 2d Medium Tank Battalion (see ANNEX 1); consolidated unit reorganized and redesignated as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2d Battalion, 126th Armor, an element of the 33d Infantry Division
  • Converted and redesignated 15 December 1967 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 1144th Transportation Battalion, and relieved from assignment to the 33d Infantry Division
  • (Reorganized and redesignated 1 September 1997 as the 1st Battalion, 65th Troop Command, a Table of Distribution and Allowances Unit; redesignated 1 December 2002 as the 651st Troop Command Detachment)
  • Consolidated 1 September 2006 with Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 733d Quartermaster Battalion (see ANNEX 2), and consolidated unit designated as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 1144th Transportation Battalion
  • Ordered into active Federal service 20 April 2007 at Delavan; released from active Federal service 23 May 2008 and reverted to state control
  • ANNEX 1
  • Organized 29 October 1920 in the Illinois National Guard at Springfield as Troop D, 1st Cavalry
  • Redesignated 13 December 1921 al Troop D, 106th Cavalry
  • Redesignated 19 March 1923 as Troop G, 106th Cavalry
  • Reorganized and redesignated 1 June 1929 as the Machine Gun Troop, 106th Cavalry
  • Reorganized and redesignated 1 January 1940 as Troop B, 23d Reconnaissance Squadron
  • Inducted into Federal service 25 November 1940 at Springfield
  • Reorganized and redesignated 15 March 1944 as Company F, 106th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron
  • Inactivated 24 October 1945 at Camp Shanks, New York
  • Redesignated 14 November 1945 as Troop A, 106th Cavalry
  • Reorganized and Federally recognized 14 November 1946 in the Illinois National Guard as Troop A, 106th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron
  • Reorganized and redesignated 13 February 1949 as Company A, 106th Heavy Tank Battalion, an element of the 44th Infantry Division
  • Redesignated 1 September 1950 as Company A, 106th Tank Battalion
  • Ordered into active Federal service 15 February 1950 at Springfield
  • Released from active Federal service 10 October 1954 and reverted to State control; concurrently, 106th Tank Battalion relieved from assignment to the 44th Infantry 0ivision
  • Redesignated 1 October 1954 as Company A, 106th Tank Battalion; concurrently, 106th Tank Battalion assigned to the 33d Infantry Division
  • Redesignated 1 March 1959 as Company A, 2d Medium Tank Battalion, 106th Armor, an element of the 33d Infantry Division
  • ANNEX 2
  • Organized and Federally recognized 16 March 1954 in the Illinois Army National Guard at Peoria as Company B, 121st Tank Battalion
  • Redesignated 1 December 1954 as Company B, 106th Tank Battalion
  • Reorganized and redesignated 1 March 1959 as Company B, 2d Medium Tank Battalion, 106th Armor
  • Reorganized and redesignated 8 October 1963 as Company B, 2d Battalion, 126th Armor
  • Converted and redesignated 1 February 1968 as Company B, 1st Battalion, 123d Infantry
  • Reorganized and redesignated 8 January 1972 as Detachment 1, Company B, 1st Battalion, 123d Infantry
  • Consolidated 1 November 1973 with Company B, 1st Battalion, 123d Infantry (see ANNEX 3), and consolidated unit designated as Company B, 1st Battalion, 123d Infantry
  • Reorganized and redesignated 1 October 1981 as Detachment 1, Company B, 1st Battalion, 123d Infantry Regiment
  • Reorganized and redesignated 6 June 1985 - 1 September 1988 as Company B, 1st Battalion, 123d Infantry
  • Converted and redesignated 1 September 2001 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 232d Quartermaster Battalion
  • Reorganized and redesignated 2 May 2002 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 733d Quartermaster Battalion
  • ANNEX 3
  • Organized and Federally recognized 22 March 1954 at Delavan as Company D, 132d Infantry, an element of the 44th Infantry Division
  • Reorganized and redesignated 1 December 1954 as Company D, 130th Infantry, an element of the 33d Infantry Division
  • Reorganized and redesignated 1 March 1959 as Company D, 2d Battle Group, 130th Infantry
  • Converted and redesignated 8 October 1963 as the Battalion Armored Cavalry, Battalion Mortar and Davy Crockett Sections, Battalion Communication Platoon, and Headquarters Tank Section, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2d Battalion, 126th Armor
  • Reorganized and redesignated 1 April 1964 as the Headquarters Tank Section, Battalion Communication Platoon, Battalion Heavy Mortar Platoon, and Battalion Scout Platoon, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2d Battalion, 126th Armor
  • Converted and redesignated 1 February 1968 as the 2d and 3d Rifle Platoons, Company B, 1st Battalion, 123d Infantry
  • Reorganized and redesignated 1July 1970 as Detachment 1, Company B, 1st Battalion, 123d Infantry
  • Reorganized and redesignated 8 January 1972 as Company B, 1st Battalion, 123d Infantry

HOME STATION: Delavan

Campaign Participation Credit

  • World War I
  • St. Mihiel
  • Meuse-Argonne
  • Lorraine 1918
  • World War II
  • Normandy
  • Northern France
  • Ardennes-Alsace
  • Central Europe
  • Rhineland
  • War on Terrorism
  • Iraq:
  • Iraqi Surge

Decorations

  • Meritorious Unit Commendation, Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA 2007 – 2008
  • French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II, Streamer embroidered MOSELLE
  • French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II, Streamer embroidered CAEN-FALAISE
  • French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II, Fourragere

By Order of the Secretary of the Army:

CHARLES R. BOWERY, JR.
Chief of Military History


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