Lineage and Honors Information as of 6 May 2015
Headquarters and Headquarters Company,
141st Maneuver Enhancement Brigade
- Organized 14 September 1883 in the Dakota Militia at Bismarck as Company A
- Redesignated 13 January 1885 as Company A, 1st Regiment, Dakota Militia
- (Territory of Dakota divided into states of North and South Dakota pursuant to enabling Act of Congress, 22 February 1889, effected by Proclamation of the President, 2 November 1889; organized militia of North Dakota redesignated 6 March 1891 as the North Dakota National Guard)
- Redesignated 2 November 1889 as Company A, 1st Infantry Regiment
- Mustered into Federal service 20 May 1898 at Camp Briggs, North Dakota, as Company A, 1st North Dakota Volunteer Infantry; mustered out of Federal service 25 September 1899 at the Presidio of San Francisco, California
- Reorganized in November 1899 in the North Dakota National Guard at Bismarck as Company A, 1st Infantry Regiment
- Mustered into Federal service 1 July 1916; mustered out of Federal service 14 February 1917 at Fort Snelling, Minnesota
- Drafted into Federal service 5 August 1917
- Reorganized and redesignated 4 October 1917 as Company A, 164th Infantry, an element of the 41st Division
- Demobilized 28 February 1919 at Camp Dix, New Jersey
- Reorganized and Federally recognized 16 May 1923 in the North Dakota National Guard at Bismarck as Company A, 164th Infantry, an element of the 34th Division
- Inducted into Federal service 10 February 1941 at Bismarck
- (164th Infantry relieved 8 December 1941 from assignment to the 34th Division; assigned 24 May 1942 to the Americal Division)
- Inactivated 24 November 1945 at Fort Lawton, Washington
- (164th Infantry relieved 10 June 1946 from assignment to the Americal Division and assigned to the 47th Infantry Division)
- Reorganized and Federally recognized 29 August 1947 at Bismarck
- Ordered into active Federal service 16 January 1951 at Bismarck (Headquarters Company, 164th Infantry [NGUS], organized and Federally recognized 16 January 1953 at Bismarck)
- Released 2 December 1954 from active Federal service and reverted to state control; Federal recognition concurrently withdrawn from Headquarters Company, 164th Infantry (NGUS)
- Converted and redesignated 15 April 1955 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 164th Engineer Group, and relieved from assignment to the 47th Infantry Division
- Ordered into active Federal service 15 October 1961 at Bismarck; released 9 August 1962 from active Federal service and reverted to state control
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 September 1998 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, Engineer Brigade, 34th Infantry Division
- Ordered into active Federal service 22 March 2007 at Bismarck
- Consolidated 1 September 2008 with and Headquarters Company, 142d Engineer Battalion (see ANNEX), and consolidated unit designated as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 141st Maneuver Enhancement Brigade
- Released from active Federal service 16 September 2008 and reverted to state control
- ANNEX
- Constituted 18 September 1940 in the North Dakota National Guard as Battery E, 188th Field Artillery
- Organized and Federally recognized 18 October 1940 at Fargo
- Inducted into Federal service 1 April 1941 at Fargo
- Reorganized and redesignated 8 February 1943 as Battery B, 957th Field Artillery Battalion
- Inactivated 31 October 1945 at Camp Myles Standish, Massachusetts
- Reorganized and Federally recognized 19 June 1947 at Fargo as Headquarters Company (part), 47th Infantry Division
- Ordered into active Federal service 22 January 1951 at Fargo; released from active Federal service 2 December 1954 and reverted to state control
- Converted and redesignated 15 April 1955 as Headquarters Company, 957th Infantry Battalion
- Converted and redesignated 1 March 1956 as Headquarters Battery, 957th Field Artillery Battalion
- Converted and redesignated 1 April 1959 as Headquarters Company, 188th Engineer Group
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 May 1968 as the 188th Engineer Company
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 March 1972 as the 816th Engineer Company
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 October 1985 as Headquarters Company, 142d Engineer Battalion
- Ordered into active Federal service 24 January 2003 at Fargo; released from active Federal service 23 January 2004 and reverted to state control
- HOME STATION: Fargo
Campaign Participation Credit
- War with Spain
- Manila
- Philippine Insurrection
- Manila
- Laguna de Bay
- San Isidro
- World War I
- Streamer without inscription
- World War II
- Guadalcanal
- Northern Solomons
- Leyte
- Southern Philippines
- Normandy
- Northern France
- Rhineland
- Ardennes-Alsace
- Central Europe
- War on Terrorism
- Global War on Terrorism
- Iraq:
- Liberation of Iraq
- Transition of Iraq
Decorations
- Presidential Unit Citation (Navy), Streamer embroidered GUADALCANAL
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA 2003
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2007
- Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 1944 TO 4 JULY 1945
- French Croix de Guerre with Silver Star, World War II, Streamer embroidered BELGIUM
- Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in the Ardennes
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
RICHARD W. STEWART, PH.D.
Chief of Military History
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