Lineage and Honors Information as of 16 June 2011
694th MAINTENANCE COMPANY
Organized 15 November 1922 in the North Carolina National Guard at New Bern as Battery D, 117th Field Artillery, an element of the 39th Division
(117th Field Artillery relieved 1 July 1923 from assignment to the 39th Division and assigned to the 31st Division)
Reorganized and redesignated 12 January 1927 as Battery D, 113th Field Artillery, an element of the 30th Division
Inducted into Federal service 16 September 1940 at New Bern
Reorganized and redesignated 7 February 1942 as Battery D, 2d Battalion, 196th Field Artillery, and relieved from assignment to the 30th Division
Reorganized and redesignated 8 February 1943 as Battery A, 690th Field Artillery Battalion
Inactivated 29 October 1945 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey
Reorganized and Federally recognized 25 June 1947 in the North Carolina National Guard at New Bern as Headquarters Battery, 690th Field Artillery Battalion
Ordered into active Federal service 23 January 1951 at New Bern
(Headquarters Battery, 690th Field Artillery Battalion [NGUS], organized and Federally recognized 26 January 1953 at New Bern)
Released from active Federal service 4 April 1955 and reverted to state control; concurrently, Federal recognition withdrawn from Headquarters Battery, 690th Field Artillery Battalion (NGUS)
Reorganized and redesignated 10 March 1963 as Battery A, 4th Battalion, 113th Artillery, an element of the 30th Infantry Division
Converted, reorganized, and redesignated 1 January 1968 as Company C, 167th Military Police Battalion
Converted, reorganized, and redesignated 1 December 1971 as the 694th Maintenance Company
Ordered into active Federal service 6 September 2005 at New Bern; released from active Federal service 4 March 2007 and reverted to state control
HOME STATION: New Bern (less detachment at Snow Hill)
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
World War II
Normandy
Northern France
Rhineland
Ardennes-Alsace
Central Europe
War on Terrorism
Campaigns to be determined
DECORATIONS
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2005-2006
Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action along the Meuse River
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Chief of Military History