Lineages and Honors Information
Transportation

Lineage and Honors Information as of 27 April 2017

1487th Transportation Company

  • Organized 31 October 1872 at Covington as the Covington Guard, an independent militia company
  • Mustered into the Ohio National Guard 8 July 1873
  • Redesignated 15 July 1875 as Company A, 5th Infantry Battalion
  • Redesignated 21 October 1875 as Company A, 3d Infantry Battalion
  • Redesignated 19 May 1876 as Company A, 3d Infantry Regiment
  • Mustered into Federal service 10 May 1898 at Camp Bushnell, Ohio as Company A, 3d Ohio Volunteer Infantry; mustered out of Federal service 26 October 1898 at Columbus and resumed status as Company A, 3d Infantry Regiment
  • Redesignated 14 April 1899 as Company A, Unattached Infantry
  • Redesignated 6 November 1899 as Company A, 3d Infantry Regiment
  • Mustered into Federal service 14 July 1916 at Camp Willis, Ohio
  • Drafted into Federal service 5 August 1917
  • Reorganized and redesignated 15 September 1917 as Company A, 148th Infantry and assigned to the 37th Division
  • Demobilized 21 April 1919 at Camp Sherman, Ohio
  • Reorganized and Federally recognized 28 January 1921 in the Ohio National Guard at Covington as Company M, 1st Infantry Regiment
  • Redesignated 1 May 1921 as Company M, 2d Infantry Regiment
  • Reorganized and redesignated 1 July 1921 as Company M, 148th Infantry, an element of the 37th Division
  • Inducted into Federal service 15 October 1940 at Covington
  • (37th Division redesignated 1 February 1942 as the 37th Infantry Division)
  • Inactivated 18 December 1945 at Camp Anza, California
  • Reorganized and Federally recognized 1 April 1947 in the Ohio National Guard at Covington as Company M, 148th Infantry
  • Ordered into active Federal service 15 January 1952 at Covington
  • (Company M, 148th Infantry [NGUS] organized and Federally recognized 15 January 1954)
  • (Federal recognition withdrawn 14 May 1954 from Company M, 148th Infantry [NGUS]; concurrently Heavy Mortar Company, 148th Infantry [NGUS] organized and Federally recognized 15 May 1954)Released from active Federal service 15 June 1954 and reverted to state control; Federal recognition concurrently withdrawn from Heavy Mortar Company, 148th Infantry (NGUS)
  • Converted, reorganized and redesignated 1 September 1959 as the 3584th Transportation Company and relieved from assignment to the 37th Infantry Division
  • Reorganized and redesignated 1 April 1964 as 1st and 2d Truck Platoons, 3583d Transportation Company
  • Reorganized and redesignated 15 February 1968 as 2d and 3d Truck Platoons, 1483d Transportation Company
  • Redesignated 1 February 1972 as Detachment 1, 1483d Transportation Company
  • Reorganized and redesignated 1 June 1974 as the 1485th Transportation Company
  • Location changed 1 January 1982 to Piqua
  • Reorganized and redesignated 1 January 1984 as Detachment 1, 1487th Transportation Company
  • Ordered into active Federal service 17 November 1990 at Piqua; released from active Federal service 4 July 1991 and reverted to state control
  • Ordered into active Federal service 2 January 2004 at Piqua; released from active Federal service 16 April 2005 and reverted to state control
  • Consolidated 1 October 2010 with the 1487th Transportation Company (see ANNEX); consolidated unit designated as the 1487th Transportation Company
  • Ordered into active Federal service 11 November 2012 at Piqua; released from active Federal service 15 December 2013 and reverted to state control
  • ANNEX
  • Organized and Federally recognized 19 April 1930 in the Ohio National Guard at Eaton as Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 147th Infantry, an element of the 37th Division
  • Redesignated 1 October 1930 as Headquarters Company, 3d Battalion, 147th Infantry
  • Reorganized and redesignated 1 May 1940 as Headquarters Detachment, 3d Battalion, 147th Infantry
  • Inducted into Federal service 15 October 1940 at Eaton
  • (37th Division redesignated 1 February 1942 as the 37th Infantry Division)
  • Reorganized and redesignated 8 December 1942 as Headquarters Company, 3d Battalion, 147th Infantry
  • Relieved 31 July 1943 from assignment to the 37th Infantry Division
  • Inactivated 25 December 1945 at Fort Lewis, Washington
  • Reorganized, redesignated and Federally recognized 12 December 1946 in the Ohio National Guard at Eaton as Anti-Tank Company, 147th Infantry, an element of the 37th Infantry Division
  • Converted, reorganized and redesignated 1 November 1948 as Company B, 185th Tank Battalion and relieved from assignment to the 37th Infantry Division
  • Reorganized and redesignated 15 September 1949 as Tank Company, 2d Battalion, 107th Armored Cavalry Regiment
  • Converted, reorganized and redesignated 1 September 1959 as the 3583d Transportation Company
  • Reorganized and redesignated 15 February 1968 as the 1483d Transportation Company
  • Reorganized and redesignated 1 February 1981 as Detachment 1, 1486th Transportation Company
  • Consolidated 1 January 1984 with Detachment 1, 1487th Transportation Company (organized and Federally recognized 1 February 1981 at Eaton); consolidated unit designated as the 1487th Transportation Company
  • Ordered into active Federal service 17 November 1990 at Eaton; released from active Federal service 4 July 1991 and reverted to state control
  • Ordered into active Federal service 2 January 2004 at Eaton; released from active Federal service 16 April 2005 and reverted to state control

HOME STATION: Piqua

Campaign Participation Credit

  • World War I
  • Meuse-Argonne
  • Ypres-Lys
  • Lorraine 1918
  • World War II
  • Air Offensive, Japan
  • Guadalcanal
  • Northern Solomons
  • (with arrowhead)
  • Luzon (with arrowhead)
  • Southwest Asia
  • Defense of Saudi Arabia
  • Liberation and Defense of Kuwait
  • Cease-Fire
  • War on Terrorism
  • Iraq:
  • Transition of Iraq
  • Iraqi Governance
  • Afghanistan:
  • Transition I
  • (Additional campaigns to be determined)

Decorations

  • Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered LUZON
  • 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:

CHARLES R. BOWERY, JR.
Chief of Military History


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