Organized 8 April 1880 in the Wisconsin National Guard at Oshkosh as the Oshkosh Rifles

Redesignated 19 February 1881 as Company F, 2d Battalion of Infantry

Redesignated 26 April 1882 as Company F, 2d Infantry Regiment

Mustered into Federal service 12 May 1898 at Madison as Company F, 2d Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry; mustered out of Federal service 9-21 November 1898 and reorganized at Oshkosh as Company F, 2d Infantry Regiment
       
Mustered into Federal service 18 June 1916 at Camp Douglas, Wisconsin; mustered out of Federal service 28 February 1917 at Fort Sheridan, Illinois

Called into Federal service 15 July 1917; drafted into Federal service 5 August 1917

Reorganized and redesignated 16 August 1917 as Company C, 150th Machine Gun Battalion, an element of the 42d Division

Demobilized 5 May 1919 at Camp Upton, New York, and relieved from assignment to the 42d Division

Reorganized and Federally recognized 29 June 1920 in the Wisconsin National Guard at Oshkosh as the 32d Separate Company of Infantry

Redesignated 1 April 1921 as the Howitzer Company, 127th Infantry, an element of the 32d Division

Redesignated 1 July 1923 as Company H, 127th Infantry, an element of the 32d Division (later redesignated as the 32d Infantry Division)

Inducted into Federal service 15 October 1940 at Oshkosh

Inactivated 28 February 1946 in Japan

Reorganized and Federally recognized 10 July 1947 in the Wisconsin National Guard at Oshkosh as Company H, 127th Infantry, an element of the 32d Infantry Division

Reorganized and redesignated 15 February 1959 as the Combat Support Company, 2d Battle Group, 127th Infantry

Converted, reorganized, and redesignated 1 April 1963 as Company A, 32d Aviation Battalion

Redesignated 1 November 1965 as Company B, 32d Aviation Battalion

Consolidated 30 December 1967 with Headquarters Company, 2d Battalion, 127th Infantry (see ANNEX), and consolidated unit converted, reorganized, and redesignated as the 1157th Transportation Company; concurrently, relieved from assignment to the 32d Infantry Division

Ordered into active Federal service 6 December 1990 at Oshkosh; released from active Federal service 28 May 1991 and reverted to state control

Ordered into active Federal service 27 September 2002 at Oshkosh; released from active Federal service 26 September 2003 and reverted to state control

Ordered into active Federal service 14 June 2006 at Oshkosh; released from active Federal service 10 December 2007 and reverted to state control

 

ANNEX

Organized and Federally recognized 9 March 1920 in the Wisconsin National Guard at Oshkosh as the 1st Separate Supply Company

Reorganized and redesignated 1 April 1921 as the Service Company (less Band Section), 127th Infantry, an element of the 32d Division (later redesignated as the 32d Infantry Division)

Reorganized and redesignated 27 October 1927 as the Service Company, 127th Infantry

Inducted into Federal service 15 October 1940 at Oshkosh

Inactivated 28 February 1946 in Japan

Reorganized and Federally recognized 10 July 1947 in the Wisconsin National Guard at Oshkosh as the Service Company, 127th Infantry

Reorganized and redesignated 15 February 1959 as Headquarters Company, 2d Battle Group, 127th Infantry

Reorganized and redesignated 1 April 1963 as Headquarters Company, 2d Battalion, 127th Infantry

HOME STATION: Oshkosh

 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

               War with Spain
               Puerto Rico

               World War I
               Champagne-Marne
               Aisne-Marne
               St. Mihiel
               Meuse-Argonne
               Lorraine 1918
               Champagne 1918

               World War II
               Papua
               New Guinea
               Leyte
               Luzon

               Southwest Asia
               Defense of Saudi Arabia
               Liberation and Defense of Kuwait
               Cease-Fire
              
               War on Terrorism
               Campaigns to be determined

 

DECORATIONS

Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered PAPUA

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered PACIFIC THEATER

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA 1990-1991

Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 1944 TO
4 JULY 1945

BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY: