Lineage And Honors Information
Lineage and Honors Information as of 7 October 2015
257th Support Battalion
(Light Horse Squadron)
- Constituted 25 March 1880 in the Wisconsin National Guard as the Light Horse Squadron
- Organized 26 April 1880 at Milwaukee
- Reorganized and redesignated 27 June 1894 as Troop A, 1st Cavalry
- Mustered into Federal service 18 June 1916
- Expanded 25 June 1916 to form Troops A and B, 1st Cavalry
- Mustered out of Federal service 20 October 1916 and 6 March 1917 at Fort Sheridan, Illinois
- Expanded 29 May 1917 to from the 1st Squadron, 1st Cavalry
- Called into Federal service 15 July 1917; drafted into Federal service 5 August 1917
- Consolidated 28 September 1917 with the 2d and 3d Squadrons, 1st Cavalry (organized May – June 1917 from new and existing units); consolidated unit converted and redesignated as the 120th Field Artillery, and assigned to the 32d Division
- Demobilized 16 May 1919 at Camp Grant, Illinois
- Former 1st Squadron, 1st Cavalry reconstituted 28 November 1919 in the Wisconsin National Guard as the 1st Cavalry; and reorganized 1919-1921 in southeastern Wisconsin
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 April 1921 as the 105th Cavalry, an element of the 22d Cavalry Division, with Headquarters at Milwaukee
- (location of Headquarters changed 1 September 1929 to Chilton)
- Relieved 1 July 1937 from assignment to the 22d Cavalry Division and assigned to the 23d Cavalry Division
- Converted and redesignated 1 October 1940 as the 126th Field Artillery and assigned to the 32d Division; concurrently, location of Headquarters changed to Beloit
- Inducted into Federal service 15 October 1940 at home stations
- Regiment (less 2d Battalion) reorganized and redesignated 1 February 1942 as the 126th Field Artillery Battalion (2d Battalion hereafter separate lineage)
- Inactivated 28 February 1946 in Japan
- Reorganized, redesignated, and Federally recognized 23 June 1947 in southeastern Wisconsin with Headquarters at Kenosha
- Consolidated 15 February 1959 with the 132d Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion (organized and Federally recognized 15 December 1949 as the 132d Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion), and consolidated unit designated as the 126th Artillery, a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System, to consist of the 1st Missile Battalion, a nondivisional unit, and the 2d Howitzer Battalion, an element of the 32d Infantry Division
- (2d Howitzer Battalion ordered into active Federal service 15 October 1961 at home stations; released 10 August 1962 from active Federal service and reverted to state control)
- Reorganized 1 April 1963 to consist of the 1st Missile Battalion and the 2d Battalion, elements of the 32d Infantry Division
- Reorganized 5 November 1963 to consist of Battery B, 1st Missile Battalion, and the 2d Battalion
- Reorganized 14 February 1964 to consist of the 1st Battalion, an element of the 32d Infantry Division, and Battery B, 2d Battalion, a nondivisional unit
- Reorganized 30 December 1967 to consist of the 1st Battalion, and Battery B, 2d Battalion; concurrently, Battery B, 2d Battalion relieved from assignment to the 32d Infantry Division
- Reorganized 1 July 1971 to consist of the 1st Battalion
- Redesignated 1 May 1972 as the 126th Field Artillery
- Withdrawn 21 July 1987 from the Combat Arms Regimental System and reorganized under the United States Army Regimental System
- Redesignated 1 October 2005 as the 126th Field Artillery Regiment
- Converted and redesignated 1 September 2008 as the 257th Support Battalion
- Ordered into active Federal service 1 February 2009 at home stations; released from active Federal service 7 March 2010 and reverted to state control
Campaign Participation Credit
- World War I
- Aisne – Marne
- Oise – Aisne
- Meuse – Argonne
- Alsace 1918
- Champagne 1918
- World War II
- New Guinea
- Leyte
- Luzon
- War on Terrorism
- Campaigns to be determined
Headquarters Company (Oak Creek) additionally entitled to:
- War on Terrorism
- Iraq:
- Iraqi Governance
Company A (Whitewater) additionally entitled to:
- World War II
- Bismarck Archipelago
- East Indies
- Papua
- Southern Philippines
Company B (Kenosha) additionally entitled to:
- World War II
- Naples – Foggia
- Rome – Arno
- North Apennines
- Po Valley
- War on Terrorism
- Campaigns to be determined
Decorations
- Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered LUZON
- French Croix de Guerre with Silver Star, World War I, Streamer embroidered AISNE – MARNE and OISE – AISNE
- Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 1944 TO 4 JULY 1945
- Headquarters Company (Oak Creek) additionally entitled to:
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ OCT 2004-SEP 2005
- Company A (Whitewater), 1st Battalion, additionally entitled to:
- Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered PAPUA
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
RICHARD W. STEWART
Chief of Military History