Lineage and Honors Information as of 20 November 2007
642d MAINTENANCE COMPANY
Organized 20 April 1898 in the New Mexico Territorial Militia at Las Cruces as Company A, 1st Regiment of Infantry
Mustered into Federal service 16 July 1916; mustered out of Federal service 5 April 1917
Mustered into Federal service 11 June 1917 at Las Cruces; drafted into Federal service
5 August 1917
Converted and redesignated 21 October 1917 as Company A, 143d Machine Gun Battalion, an element of the 40th Division
Demobilized 30 April 1919 at Camp Grant, Illinois
Reorganized and Federally recognized 20 June 1921 in the New Mexico National Guard at Las Cruces as Headquarters and Service Company, 1st Engineers
Redesignated 2 May 1922 as Headquarters and Service Company, 137th Engineers
Redesignated 23 February 1923 as Headquarters and Service Company, 120th Engineers, an element of the 45th Division
Inducted into Federal service 16 September 1940 at Las Cruces
Reorganized and redesignated 20 February 1942 as Headquarters Company, 120th Engineer Battalion, an element of the 45th Infantry Division
Reorganized and redesignated 1 August 1942 as Headquarters and Service Company, 120th Engineer Combat Battalion
Inactivated 26 November 1945 at Camp Bowie, Texas
Relieved 31 May 1946 from assignment to the 45th Infantry Division
Reorganized and Federally recognized 26 September 1947 at Las Cruces as Battery A, 716th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion
Ordered into active Federal service 14 August 1950 at Las Cruces; released from active Federal service 13 May 1952 and reverted to state control
Reorganized and redesignated 1 September 1959 as Battery A, 2d Gun Battalion, 200th Artillery
Converted and redesignated 1 April 1962 as the 642d Ordnance Company
Reorganized and redesignated 15 December 1967 as the 642d Light Maintenance Company
Reorganized and redesignated 30 January 1974 as the 642d Maintenance Company
Ordered into active Federal service 5 January 2004 at Las Cruces; released from active Federal service 3 July 2005 and reverted to state control
HOME STATION: Las Cruces
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
World War I
Streamer without inscription
World War II
Sicily (with arrowhead)
Naples-Foggia (with arrowhead)
Anzio
Rome-Arno
Southern France (with arrowhead)
Rhineland
Ardennes-Alsace
Central Europe
DECORATIONS
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered EUROPEAN THEATER
French Croix de Guerre with Palm, Streamer embroidered ACQUAFONDATA
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
JEFFREY J. CLARKE
Chief of Military History