211th Maintenance Company

Organized and Federally recognized 23 May 1921 in the Ohio National Guard at Dresden as Battery F, 135th Field Artillery
Redesignated 1 July 1921 as Battery F, 134th Field Artillery, an element of the 37th Division
Location changed 15 July 1926 to Coshocton
Inducted into Federal service 15 October 1940 at Coshocton
Reorganized and redesignated 1 February 1942 as Battery C, 140th Field Artillery Battalion, an element of the 37th Infantry Division
Inactivated 18 December 1945 at Camp Anza, California
Reorganized and Federally recognized 27 October 1947 in the Ohio National Guard at Coshocton as the 37th Mechanized Cavalry Reconnaissance Troop
Reorganized and redesignated 1 December 1948 as the 37th Reconnaissance Company
Ordered into active Federal service 15 January 1952 at Coshocton
(37th Reconnaissance Company [NGUS] organized and Federally recognized 15 January 1954)
Released from active Federal service 15 June 1954 and reverted to state control; Federal recognition concurrently withdrawn from the 37th Reconnaissance Company (NGUS)
Converted and redesignated 1 September 1959 as Company A, 537th Transportation Battalion
Reorganized and redesignated 1 April 1963 as Company B, 137th Supply and Transportation Battalion
Consolidated 15 February 1968 with Company A, 2d Battalion, 137th Armor (see ANNEX 1); consolidated unit designated as Supply and Direct Support Platoons, Headquarters and Company A, 737th Maintenance Battalion and relieved from assignment to the 37th Infantry Division
Reorganized and redesignated 1 February 1972 as the 214th Maintenance Company
Reorganized and redesignated 1 September 1993 as Detachment 1, 211th Maintenance Company
Consolidated 1 March 1998 with the 211th Maintenance Company (see ANNEX 2) and Detachment 1, 213th Maintenance Company (see ANNEX 3); consolidated unit designated as the 211th Maintenance Company; concurrently, location changed to Newark
Ordered into active Federal service 30 October 2004 at Newark; released from active Federal service 27 April 2006 and reverted to state control
Consolidated 1 September 2007 with Detachment 1, 211th Maintenance Company (see ANNEX 4); and consolidated unit designated as the 211th Maintenance Company
ANNEX 1
Organized and Federally recognized 22 January 1953 in the Ohio Army National Guard at New Philadelphia as Battery A, 182d Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion
Reorganized and redesignated 1 September 1959 as Battery A, 3d Automatic Weapons Battalion, 137th Artillery
Converted and redesignated 1 April 1963 as Company A, 2d Battalion, 137th Armor, an element of the 37th Infantry Division
ANNEX 2
Organized and Federally recognized 19 November 1946 in the Ohio National Guard at Newark as the 737th Ordnance Company, an element of the 37th Infantry Division
Ordered into active Federal service 15 January 1952 at Newark
Reorganized and redesignated 20 May 1953 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 737th Ordnance Battalion
(Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 737th Ordnance Battalion [NGUS] organized and federally recognized 15 January 1954)
Released from active Federal service 15 June 1954 and reverted to state control; Federal recognition concurrently withdrawn from Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 737th Ordnance Battalion (NGUS)
Consolidated 1 September 1959 with Company B, 737th Ordnance Battalion (see ANNEX 5); and consolidated unit designated as Headquarters and Company B, 737th Ordnance Battalion
Reorganized and redesignated 1 April 1963 as Headquarters and Company A, 737th Maintenance Battalion
Relieved 15 February 1968 from assignment to the 37th Infantry Division
Reorganized and redesignated 1 February 1972 as the 211th Maintenance Company
ANNEX 3
Organized and Federally recognized 15 July 1947 in the Ohio National Guard at Mt. Vernon as Company D, 166th Infantry
Converted and redesignated 1 September 1959 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 537th Transportation Battalion, an element of the 37th Infantry Division
Reorganized and redesignated 1 April 1963 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 137th Supply and Transportation Battalion
Reorganized and redesignated 15 February 1968 as Company F, 738th Maintenance Battalion, an element of the 38th Infantry Division
Reorganized and redesignated 1 May 1968 as Company B, 738th Maintenance Battalion
Reorganized and redesignated 1 March 1977 as Company D, 237th Support Battalion, an element of the 73d Infantry Brigade
Reorganized and redesignated 1 December 1988 as Company B, 237th Support Battalion
(73d Infantry Brigade redesignated 6 September 1992 as the 37th Infantry Brigade)
Consolidated 1 September 1993 with Detachment 1, 214th Maintenance Company (organized and Federally recognized 1 June 1974 at Newark); and consolidated unit designated as Detachment 1, 213th Maintenance Company; concurrently, location changed to Newark
ANNEX 4
Constituted 1 April 2000 in the Ohio Army National Guard as Detachment 1, 211th Maintenance Company
Organized and Federally recognized 8 September 2000 at Mt. Vernon
Ordered into active Federal service 30 October 2004 at Mt. Vernon; released from active Federal service 27 April 2006 and reverted to state control
ANNEX 5
Constituted 10 April 1953 as Company B, 737th Ordnance Battalion and allotted to the Ohio National Guard
Activated 20 May 1953 at Camp Polk, Louisiana and assigned to the 37th Infantry Division
(Company B, 737th Ordnance Battalion [NGUS] organized and Federally recognized 15 January 1954 at Newark)
Released from active Federal service 15 June 1954 and reverted to state control; Federal recognition concurrently withdrawn from Company B, 737th Ordnance Battalion (NGUS)
HOME STATION: Newark

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BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:

RICHARD W. STEWART, PH.D.
Chief of Military History