1486th TRANSPORTATION COMPANY

Organized 15 July 1876 in the Ohio National Guard at Ashland as Company F, 12th Infantry Regiment (Ashland Guards)
Redesignated 2 July 1879 as Company D, 17th Infantry Regiment
Redesignated 11 May 1887 as Company C, 8th Infantry Regiment
Mustered into Federal service 13 May 1898 at Camp Bushnell, Ohio as Company C, 8th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; mustered out of Federal service 21 November 1898 at Wooster and reorganized in the Ohio National Guard as Company C, 8th Infantry Regiment
Disbanded 14 April 1899
Reorganized 5 March 1900 in the Ohio National Guard at Ashland as Company E, 8th Infantry Regiment
Mustered into Federal service 19 June 1916 at Camp Willis, Ohio; mustered out of Federal service 22 March 1917 at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana
Called into Federal service 15 July 1917; drafted into Federal service 5 August 1917
Reorganized and redesignated 15 September 1917 as Company E, 146th Infantry, an element of the 37th Division
Demobilized 13 April 1919 at Camp Sherman, Ohio
Reorganized and Federally recognized 30 June 1919 in the Ohio National Guard at Ashland as Company E, 2d Infantry
Redesignated 2 August 1920 as Company E, 3d Infantry
Reorganized and redesignated 1 July 1921 as Company E, 145th Infantry, an element of the 37th Division
Inducted into Federal service 15 October 1940 at Ashland
(37th Division redesignated 1 February 1942 as the 37th Infantry Division)
Inactivated 13 December 1945 at Camp Anza, California
Reorganized and Federally recognized 22 April 1947 in the Ohio National Guard at Ashland as Company E, 145th Infantry, an element of the 37th Infantry Division
Ordered into active Federal service 15 January 1952 at Ashland
(Company E, 145th Infantry [NGUS] organized and Federally recognized 15 January 1954 at Ashland)
Released from active Federal service 15 June 1954 and reverted to state control; Federal recognition concurrently withdrawn from Company E, 145th Infantry (NGUS)
Reorganized and redesignated 1 September 1959 as Company E, 1st Battle Group, 145th Infantry
Reorganized and redesignated 1 April 1963 as Company C, 2d Battalion, 145th Infantry, and relieved from assignment to the 37th Infantry Division
Converted, reorganized, and redesignated 1 May 1968 as the 1486th Transportation Company
Ordered into active Federal service 17 November 1990 at Ashland; released from active Federal service 3 July 1991 and reverted to state control
Ordered into active Federal service 2 January 2004 at Ashland; released from active Federal service 16 May 2005 and reverted to state control
Consolidated 1 October 2010 with Detachment 1, 1486th Transportation Company (see ANNEX); consolidated unit designated as the 1486th Transportation Company and location concurrently changed to Mansfield
ANNEX
Organized and Federally recognized 13 March 1921 in the Ohio National Guard at Mansfield as Battery D, 1st Field Artillery
Reorganized and redesignated 1 July 1921 as Battery D, 134th Field Artillery, an element of the 37th Division
Inducted into Federal service 15 October 1940 at Mansfield
Reorganized and redesignated 1 February 1942 as Battery A, 140th Field Artillery Battalion, an element of the 37th Division (37th Division concurrently redesignated as the 37th Infantry Division)
Inactivated 18 December 1945 at Camp Anza, California
Reorganized and Federally recognized 21 October 1947 in the Ohio National Guard at Mansfield as Company F, 145th Infantry, an element of the 37th Infantry Division
Ordered into active Federal service 15 January 1952 at Mansfield
(Company F, 145th Infantry [NGUS] organized and Federally recognized 25 January 1954)
Released from active Federal service 15 June 1954 and reverted to state control; Federal recognition concurrently withdrawn from Company F, 145th Infantry (NGUS)
Reorganized and redesignated 1 September 1959 as the 1st Rifle and Weapons Platoon, Company E, 1st Battle Group, 145th Infantry
Reorganized and redesignated 1 February 1960 as the 2d Rifle and Weapons Platoon, Company E, 1st Battle Group, 145th Infantry
Reorganized and redesignated 1 April 1963 as the 2d Rifle and Weapons Platoon, Company C, 2d Battalion, 145th Infantry, and relieved from assignment to the 37th Infantry Division
Reorganized and redesignated 15 November 1965 as the 2d Rifle Platoon, Company C, 2d Battalion, 145th Infantry
Converted, reorganized, and redesignated 1 May 1968 as the 1487th Transportation Company
Reorganized and redesignated 1 January 1984 as the 1485th Transportation Company
Reorganized and redesignated 1 October 1989 as Detachment 1, 1486th Transportation Company
Ordered into active Federal service 17 November 1990 at Mansfield; released from active Federal service 3 July 1991 and reverted to state control
Ordered into active Federal service 2 January 2004 at Mansfield; released from active Federal service 16 May 2005 and reverted to state control
HOME STATION: Mansfield

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

War With Spain
Santiago

World War I
Ypres-Lys
Meuse-Argonne
Lorraine 1918

World War II
Northern Solomons
Luzon (with arrowhead)

Southwest Asia
Defense of Saudi Arabia
Liberation and Defense of Kuwait
Cease-Fire

War on Terrorism
Iraq:
Transition of Iraq
Iraqi Governance

DECORATIONS

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA 1991
Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 1944 TO 4 JULY 1945

BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:

ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Center of Military History