126th Support Battalion

Constituted 18 July 1917 in the National Guard as the 2d Company, 101st Supply Train
Organized 22 August 1917 in the Massachusetts National Guard while in Federal service at Camp Bartlett, Massachusetts, as the 101st Supply Train and assigned to the 101st Division
Demobilized 29 April 1919 at Camp Devens, Massachusetts
Reorganized and Federally recognized in the Massachusetts National Guard at Charlestown as the 1st Supply Train and assigned to the 26th Division
Redesignated 30 September 1921 as the 26th Division Train, Quartermaster Corps
Redesignated 23 March 1925 as the 26th Division Train
(Location of Headquarters changed 15 May 1926 to Newton)
Reorganized and redesignated 26 May 1936 as the 101st Quartermaster Regiment and remained assigned to the 26th Division
Inducted into Federal service 16 January 1941 at home stations
Regiment relieved 12 February 1942 from assignment to the 26th Division; 2d Battalion, Companies C and D, and 1st Platoon, Company E concurrently reorganized and redesignated as the 114th Quartermaster Battalion and assigned to the 26th Infantry Division (Company F concurrently disbanded)
After 12 February 1942 the above units underwent changes as follows:
101st Quartermaster Regiment (less 2d Battalion, Companies C and D, and 1st Platoon, Company E) reorganized and redesignated 30 April 1943 as the 125th Quartermaster Company and assigned to the Americal Division
Inactivated 10 December 1945 at Seattle, Washington
Relieved 8 July 1946 from assignment to the Americal Division
114th Quartermaster Battalion reorganized and redesignated 21 October 1942 as the 26th Quartermaster Company and remained assigned to the 26th Infantry Division
Inactivated 3 January 1946 at Camp Patrick Henry, Virginia
26th and 125th Quartermaster Companies consolidated, reorganized, and Federally recognized 21 January 1947 at Framingham as the 26th Quartermaster Company, an element of the 26th Infantry Division
Reorganized and redesignated 1 March 1963 as Company A, 26th Supply and Transport Battalion, an element of the 26th Infantry Division
Consolidated 1 January 1965 with Company B, 26th Supply and Transport Battalion (organized and Federally recognized 4 March 1963 at Framingham), and consolidated unit designated as Company B, 26th Supply and Transport Battalion
Reorganized and redesignated 1 March 1988 as Company B, 726th Support Battalion, an element of the 26th Infantry Division
Redesignated 1 September 1992 as Company B, 114th Support Battalion, an element of the 26th Infantry Division
(114th Support Battalion relieved 1 September 1993 from assignment to the 26th Infantry Division)
Consolidated 1 September 1996 with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 26th Infantry Division Support Command (see ANNEX 1), and consolidated unit redesignated as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 101st Quartermaster Battalion
Consolidated 1 September 2006 with Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 726th Maintenance Battalion (see ANNEX 2), and consolidated unit converted, redesignated, and expanded as the 126th Support Battalion, an element of the 26th Infantry Brigade Combat Team
Relieved 1 September 2008 from assignment to the 26th Infantry Brigade Combat Team and assigned to the 26th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade; concurrently, location changed to Springfield
ANNEX 1
Organized 1 May 1959 in the Massachusetts Army National Guard at Boston as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 26th Infantry Division Trains
Location changed 15 November 1959 to Cambridge
Reorganized and redesignated 1 March 1963 as Headquarters, Headquarters and Band (less Band), 26th Infantry Division Support Command; location concurrently changed to Newton
Reorganized and redesignated 1 March 1964 as Headquarters, Headquarters Company and Band (less Band), 26th Infantry Division Support Command
Location changed 2 July 1964 to Boston
Reorganized and redesignated 1 March 1972 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 26th Infantry Division Support Command
Location changed 1 March 1988 to Framingham
ANNEX 2
Organized 22 August 1917 in the Massachusetts National Guard, while in Federal service, at Camp Bartlett, Massachusetts, as Company Number 2, 101st Supply Train, an element of the 26th Division
Reorganized and redesignated in March 1918 as Company B, 101st Supply Train
Demobilized 29 April 1919 at Camp Devens, Massachusetts
Reorganized 15 March 1920 in the Massachusetts National Guard at Everett as Company B, 101st Supply Train, an element of the 26th Division
Redesignated 1 September 1920 as Company B, 1st Supply Train
Reorganized and Federally recognized 17 November 1920 at Everett
Redesignated 30 April 1921 as the 3d Company, 1st Supply Train
Reorganized and redesignated 30 September 1921 as the Motor Repair Section Number 101
Disbanded 1 May 1934 at Everett
Reorganized and Federally recognized 7 May 1934 at Natick as the 101st Motor Repair Section, an element of the 26th Division
Reorganized and redesignated 30 June 1936 as Company E, 101st Quartermaster Regiment, an element of the 26th Division
Inducted into Federal service 16 January 1941 at Natick
1st Platoon, Company E, 101st Quartermaster Regiment, reorganized and redesignated 12 February 1942 as the Maintenance Platoon, Headquarters Company, 114th Quartermaster Battalion, an element of the 26th Infantry Division (remainder of Company E - hereafter separate lineage)
Converted and redesignated 1 August 1942 as the Ordnance Maintenance Platoon, Headquarters Company, 114th Quartermaster Battalion
Reorganized and redesignated 24 September 1942 as the 726th Ordnance Light Maintenance Company, an element of the 26th Infantry Division
Inactivated 3 January 1946 at Camp Patrick Henry, Virginia
Redesignated 8 July 1946 as the 726th Ordnance Maintenance Company
Reorganized and Federally recognized 17 March 1947 at Framingham
Expanded, reorganized, and redesignated 17 November 1952 as the 726th Ordnance Battalion, with Headquarters at Framingham
(Location of Headquarters changed 1 March 1955 to Natick)
Reorganized and redesignated 1 March 1963 as the 726th Maintenance Battalion
Reorganized and redesignated 1 March 1988 as the 726th Support Battalion
Converted and redesignated 2 September 1998 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 726th Maintenance Battalion; concurrently, location changed to Natick
Ordered into active Federal service 10 February 2003 at Natick; released from active Federal service 2 July 2004 and reverted to state control

Campaign Participation Credit

World War I
Champagne-Marne
Aisne-Marne
St. Mihiel
Meuse-Argonne
Ile de France 1918
Lorraine 1918
World War II
Guadalcanal
Northern Solomons
Leyte
Southern Philippines (with arrowhead)
Northern France
Rhineland
Ardennes-Alsace
Central Europe
War on Terrorism
Campaigns to be determined

Company B (Westfield), additionally entitled to:

World War I
Streamer without inscription

Decorations

Presidential Unit Citation (Navy), Streamer embroidered GUADALCANAL
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered EUROPEAN THEATER 1944
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered EUROPEAN THEATER 1945
Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 1944 TO 4 JULY 1945
Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in the Ardennes
Company B (Westfield), additionally entitled to:
Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered LORRAINE
French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II, streamer embroidered LORRAINE

By Order of the Secretary of the Army:

RICHARD W. STEWART
Chief of Military History