107th CAVALRY REGIMENT Worksheet

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1 107th CAVALRY REGIMENT Worksheet Parent unit organized 28 April 1861 in the Ohio Militia as the 7th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, with companies from Cleveland and northeastern Ohio and mustered into Federal service 1 Mustered out of Federal service 16 June 1861 at Camp Dennison, Ohio; concurrently reorganized and mustered into Federal service at Camp Dennison, Ohio as the 7th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry (Ohio Militia redesignated 31 March 1864 as the Ohio National Guard) Mustered out of Federal service 6-7 July 1864 at Cleveland 2 Reorganized in state service as independent companies Companies in the northeastern portion of the state consolidated 30 June 1877 and designated as the 15th Infantry Regiment, with Headquarters at Cleveland 3 Regiment (less Companies D, G, H, and K) disbanded 22 March 1881; Companies D, G, H, and K reorganized as unattached companies 4 Former Companies D, G, H and K, 15th Infantry Regiment, and other existing companies reorganized and redesignated 7 July 1881 to form the 5th Infantry Regiment 5 Mustered into Federal service 11 May 1898 at Camp Bushnell, Ohio as the 5th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; mustered out of Federal service 5 November 1898 at Cleveland and reorganized in the Ohio National Guard as the 5th Infantry Regiment Regiment disbanded 14 April 1899; elements reorganized as unattached companies Former 5th Infantry Regiment reorganized 14 July 1899 in the Ohio National Guard with Headquarters at Cleveland 1 Official Roster of Soldiers of the State of Ohio in the War of the Rebellion. Twelve Volumes. Werner Company. Akron. Ohio Official Roster of Soldiers of the State of Ohio in the War of the Rebellion. Twelve Volumes. Werner Company. Akron. Ohio TAGOH Annual Report 1877, 49. See also Unit Worksheet, 145th Infantry, 25 January Lineage and Honors, 145th Infantry, 19 August Lineage and Honors, 145th Infantry, 19 August 1964.

2 Mustered into Federal service 19 June 1916 at Camp Willis, Ohio; mustered out of Federal service 15 March 1917 at Fort Wayne, Michigan Called into Federal service 15 July 1917; drafted into Federal service 5 August Reorganized and redesignated 25 September 1917 as the 145th Infantry, an element of the 37th Division 7 Demobilized 22 April -1 May 1919 at Camp Sherman, Ohio Elements of the former 5th Infantry Regiment consolidated with elements of the former 8th Infantry Regiment (see ANNEX 1) and consolidated unit reorganized in the Ohio National Guard as the 3d Infantry; Headquarters Federally recognized 1 July 1920 at Cleveland 8 Reorganized and redesignated 1 July 1921 as the 145th Infantry and assigned to the 37th Division 9 Inducted into Federal service 15 October 1940 at home stations 10 (37th Division redesignated 1 February 1942 as the 37th Infantry Division) Inactivated 13 December 1945 at Camps Anza and Stoneman, California 11 Reorganized and Federally recognized 21 November 1946 in the Ohio National Guard as the 145th Infantry, with Headquarters at Cleveland, and remained assigned to the 37th Infantry Division Ordered into active Federal service 15 January 1952 at home stations 6 TAGOH GO 20, HQ, 37 DIV GO 12, TAGOH GO 16, The TAG-OH s intent in the postwar reorganization was to perpetuate all of the former Ohio regiments. Additional research has shown that the original determination made by OCMH was arbitrary and focused on the perpetuation of one regiment (the former 5th Ohio) through the postwar 3d Infantry and in the process overlooked the fact that the 3d Infantry was a consolidation of the former 5th and 8th Infantry. 9 TAGOH GO 15, EO # LTR, SPTAE-322-SCS (H)

3 (145th Infantry [NGUS] organized and Federally recognized 15 January 1954 with Headquarters at Cleveland) 12 Released from active Federal service 15 June 1954 and reverted to state control; concurrently, Federal recognition withdrawn from the 145th Infantry (NGUS) 13 Reorganized 1 September 1959 as the 145th Infantry, a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System, to consist of the 1st Battle Group, an element of the 37th Infantry Division, and the 2d Battle Group 14 Reorganized (less Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battle Group) 1 April 1963 to consist of the 1st and 3d Battalions, elements of the 37th Infantry Division, and the 2d Battalion (Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battle Group, reorganized and redesignated as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Brigade, 37th Infantry Division hereafter separate lineage) 15 Reorganized 15 February 1968 to consist of the 1st Battalion, and the 2d Battalion, an element of the 38th Infantry Division 16 Reorganized 1 May 1968 to consist of the 1st Battalion 17 Consolidated 1 June 1974 with the 107th Armored Cavalry (see ANNEX 2) and consolidated unit designated as the 107th Armored Cavalry 18 Regiment (less 1st Squadron) reorganized 1 May 1977 in the Ohio Army National Guard (Troop A, Support Squadron, allotted 1 October 1986 to the West Virginia Army National Guard; allotted 15 October 1990 to the Ohio Army National Guard) Reorganized 1 June 1989 as a parent regiment under the United States Army Regimental System Reorganized and redesignated 1 September 1993 as the 107th Cavalry to consist of the 1st Battalion, an element of the 28th Infantry Division, and the 4th Squadron 12 NGB LTR AROTO 9FEB NGB LTR AROTO 27MAY NGB OA NGB-OA OA 12-68, 26 January OA 12-68, 26 January NGB OA 61-74

4 Consolidated 31 March 1994 with the 237th Cavalry (see ANNEX 3); consolidated unit concurrently reorganized as the 107th Cavalry, to consist of the 1st Battalion, an element of the 28th Infantry Division, and the 2d and 4th Squadrons Reorganized 1 September 1994 to consist of the 1st Battalion and the 2d Squadron, elements of the 38th Infantry Division, and the 4th Squadron Reorganized 15 September 1996 to consist of the 1st Battalion and the 2d Squadron, elements of the 38th Infantry Division 19 Reorganized 1 September 2002 to consist of the 1st Battalion, an element of the 28th Infantry Division, and the 2d Squadron, an element of the 38th Infantry Division 20 (1st Battalion ordered into active Federal service 1 October 2003 at home stations; released from active Federal service 28 March 2005 and reverted to state control) 21 (2d Squadron ordered into active Federal service 5 July 2004 at home stations) Redesignated 1 October 2005 as the 107th Cavalry Regiment (2d Squadron released from active Federal service 1 November 2005 and reverted to state control) Expanded and reorganized 1 September 2007 to form the 107th Cavalry Regiment, to consist of the 2d Squadron, an element of the 2d Brigade Combat Team, 28th Infantry Division, and the 145th Armored Regiment (145th Armored Regiment hereafter separate lineage) 22 Ordered into active Federal service 1 May 2009 at home stations; released from active Federal service 4 June 2010 and reverted to state control ANNEX 1 Organized 6 July 1876 from new and existing elements in the Ohio National Guard as the 8th Infantry Regiment, with Headquarters at Massillon NGB OA NGB OA Headquarters, First Army , 27 September 2003; , 61, 8 April NGB OA 22-07, CORRECTED COPY #3 23 TAGOH Annual Report See also Charles F. Dick et al. eds., Official History of the Ohio National Guard and Volunteers (Cleveland: Plain Dealer Publishing Company, 1901), 89.

5 Consolidated 13 August 1878 with the 9th Infantry Regiment (organized 21 February 1877 with Headquarters at Akron) and consolidated unit designated as the 8th Infantry Regiment; concurrently, location of Headquarters changed to Wooster 24 Consolidated 27 June 1881 with the 10th Infantry Regiment (organized 6 July 1876 with Headquarters at Youngstown), and consolidated unit designated as the 8th Infantry Regiment 25 Mustered into Federal service 13 May 1898 at Camp Bushnell, Ohio, as the 8th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; mustered out of Federal service 21 November 1898 at Wooster and reorganized in the Ohio National Guard as the 8th Infantry Regiment Regiment disbanded 14 April 1899; elements reorganized as unattached companies 26 Former 8th Infantry Regiment reorganized 21 July 1899 in the Ohio National Guard with Headquarters at Bucyrus 27 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 Reorganized and redesignated 15 September 1917 as the 146th Infantry, an element of the 37th Division 29 Demobilized April 1919 at Camp Sherman, Ohio 30 ANNEX 2 24 TAGOH Annual Report See also Dick, Official History, Dick, Official History, TAGOH, SO 6, 14 April Dick, Official History, 93. Not all the elements are reorganized as unattached companies but this simplifies the entry and now wording for both 5 th and 8 th are consistent 27 Dick, Official History, TAGOH, Special Order 20, 14 July HQ, 37th DIV GO 12, The Thirty-Seventh Division in the World War, , 431.

6 Parent unit constituted 7 May 1877 in the Ohio National Guard and organized from new and existing units as the 1st, 2d, and 3d Troops of Cavalry 31 1st Troop disbanded 28 January 1879 at Cincinnati; 2d Troop converted, reorganized, and redesignated in 1882 as Company A, 13th Infantry Regiment, at Hillsboro; 3d Troop disbanded in 1883 at Shelby 32 1st Cleveland Troop of Cavalry organized 10 September 1887 in the Ohio National Guard at Cleveland (organized 10 October 1877 as an independent militia company) 33 Redesignated 12 September 1895 as Troop A (1st Cleveland Troop) 34 Expanded and reorganized 3 May 1898 to form Troops A, B, and C, 1st Ohio Volunteer Cavalry; remainder of regiment organized from new and existing units 1st Ohio Volunteer Cavalry mustered into Federal service 9-11 May 1898 at Camp Bushnell, Ohio; mustered out of Federal service October 1898 at Cleveland Former Troop A (1st Cleveland Troop) reorganized 14 April 1899 in the Ohio National Guard at Cleveland; Troop B reorganized 12 December 1902 in the Ohio National Guard at Columbus Reorganized 25 July 1910 as the 1st Cavalry Squadron with Headquarters at Cleveland (Troops C and D organized in 1911 at Cincinnati and Toledo, respectively) 35 Mustered into Federal service 6 July 1916 at Columbus; mustered out of Federal service 28 February 1917 at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana Expanded 16 April 1917 to form the 1st Cavalry Expanded, converted, reorganized, and redesignated 23 May 1917 as the 2d and 3d Field Artillery 31 TAGOH Annual Report, 1877, TAGOH SO 10, 28 January 1879, TAGOH SO 43, 18 April 1882, TAGOH SO 25, 22 February 1883 (in 107th Cavalry Regiment file). 33 AGO- OH, SO 1032, 12 September Mewett, Alfred. A Brief History of Troop A, 107th Regiment of Cavalry, Ohio National Guard: The Black Horse Troop, for Many Years Known as the First City Troop of Cleveland. Cleveland, OH: Vets Assn, Ibid 35 TAGOH SO 148, 1910

7 Called into Federal service 15 July 1917 at Cleveland and Youngstown, respectively 36 ; drafted into Federal service 5 August 1917 Reorganized and redesignated 15 September 1917 as the 135th and 136th Field Artillery, respectively, and assigned to the 37th Division 37 Demobilized 10 April 1919 at Camp Sherman, Ohio Converted, reorganized, and Federally recognized 20 October November 1920 in the Ohio National Guard as the 1st Cavalry with Headquarters at Cincinnati Redesignated 1 July 1921 as the 107th Cavalry and assigned to the 22d Cavalry Division 38 (Location of Headquarters changed 10 May 1927 to Cleveland) Consolidated 1 November 1940 with the 22d Reconnaissance Squadron (organized and Federally recognized 15 September 1939 with Headquarters at Cincinnati) and consolidated unit designated as the 107th Cavalry; concurrently relieved from assignment to the 22d Cavalry Division 39 Inducted into Federal service 5 May 1941 at home stations 40 Regiment broken up 1 January 1944 and its elements reorganized and redesignated as follows: 41 Headquarters and Headquarters Troop as Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 107th Cavalry Group, Mechanized 2d Squadron as the 107th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, Mechanized (1st Squadron as the 22d Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, Mechanized - hereafter separate lineage) TAGOH GO 20, HQ 37 DIV GO 12, TAGOH GO 15, TAGOH SO 286, EO # HQ WDC GO 58, 1943

8 After 1 January 1944 the above units underwent changes as follows: Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 107th Cavalry Group, Mechanized, inactivated 6 March 1945 at Camp Polk, Louisiana 107th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, Mechanized, inactivated 16 November 1945 at Camp Bowie, Texas Reorganized and Federally recognized 10 November 1947 in the Ohio National Guard as the 107th Mechanized Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron with Headquarters at Cleveland Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 107th Cavalry Group, Mechanized, and the 107th Mechanized Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron consolidated 15 September 1949 with the 185th Tank Battalion (see ANNEX 3) and consolidated unit reorganized and redesignated as the 107th Armored Cavalry with Headquarters at Cleveland 43 Consolidated 15 February May 1968 with the 137th Armor (see ANNEX 4); consolidated unit reorganized as the 107th Armored Cavalry (3d Squadron allotted 1 May 1968 to the West Virginia Army National Guard; allotted 1 June 1974 to the Ohio Army National Guard) ANNEX 3 Constituted 14 August 1946 in the Ohio National Guard as the 185th Tank Battalion 44 Organized and Federally recognized 12 December March 1949 with Headquarters at Cincinnati 45 Reorganized and redesignated 15 September 1949 as the 2d Battalion, 107th Armored Cavalry 46 Reorganized and redesignated 1 September 1959 as the 2d Reconnaissance Squadron, 137th Armor, an element of the 37th Infantry Division d Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron reorganized in the post-wwii Ohio National Guard as the 134th Field Artillery Battalion. 43 NGB LTR AROTO 23DEC State Study; NGB Recognition Reports. 45 Ibid. 46 NGB Letter, AROTO, 28 April NGB Reorganization Authority 96-59, 30 June 1959.

9 Reorganized and redesignated 1 April 1963 as the 237th Cavalry, a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System, to consist of the 1st Squadron, an element of the 37th Infantry Division 48 Regiment broken up 15 February 1968 as follows: 49 Headquarters Troop and Troop A, 1st Squadron, consolidated to form the 191st Engineer Company and relieved from assignment to the 37th Infantry Division (hereafter a separate lineage) Troops B and C, 1st Squadron, consolidated to form Troop A, 1st Squadron, 238th Cavalry, an element of the 38th Infantry Division Reorganized 1 March 1977 as the 237th Cavalry, to consist of Troop A, an element of the 73d Infantry Brigade 50 Reorganized 1 June 1989 as a parent regiment under the United States Army Regimental System (73d Infantry Brigade redesignated 6 September 1992 as the 37th Infantry Brigade) 51 ANNEX 4 Constituted 3 December 1941 in the Army of the United States as the 637th Tank Destroyer Battalion, Light (Towed) 52 Activated 19 December 1941 at Camp Shelby, Mississippi 53 Allotted to the Ohio National Guard 13 February 1942 and attached to the 37th Infantry Division 54 Redesignated 8 June 1942 as the 637th Tank Destroyer Battalion 55 Inactivated 25 January 1946 in Japan NGB Reorganization Authority 50-63, 18 March NGB Reorganization Authority 12-68, 26 January NGB Organizational Authority 27-77, 25 February NGB Organizational Authority , 8 May Unit Data Card, 637th Tank Destroyer Battalion. 53 Ibid. 54 Ibid. 55 Ibid.

10 Redesignated 4 August 1946 as the 637th Tank Battalion 57 Reorganized and Federally recognized 14 November 1947 in Northeastern Ohio with Headquarters at Ashtabula 58 Redesignated 1 February 1949 as the 137th Heavy Tank Battalion and assigned to the 37th Infantry Division 59 Redesignated 1 September 1950 as the 137th Tank Battalion 60 Ordered into active Federal service 15 January 1952 at home stations 61 (137th Tank Battalion [NGUS] organized and Federally recognized 18 January 1954 with Headquarters at Ashtabula) 62 Released from active Federal service 15 June 1954 and reverted to state control; Federal recognition concurrently withdrawn from 137th Tank Battalion (NGUS) 63 Reorganized and redesignated 1 September 1959 as the 137th Armor, a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System, to consist of the 1st Medium Tank Battalion and 2d Reconnaissance Squadron, elements of the 37th Infantry Division 64 Reorganized, less 2d Reconnaissance Squadron (Cincinnati), 1 April 1963 to consist of the 1st and 2d Battalions (2d Reconnaissance Squadron [Cincinnati] concurrently reorganized and redesignated as the 237th Cavalry, to consist of the 1st Squadron see ANNEX 3) 65 CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 56 Ibid. 57 AGAO-I 325 (28 Jan 47) WDSNG, 28 January NGB Recognition Reports. 59 AGAO-I (13 Apr 49) CSHIS-M, 5 May Lineage and Honors Certificate, 137th Armor, 6 August DA Message & Active Army Service Order No. 21 AIABC-O , Second Army, 14 December NG-AROTO Ohio, 16 February NG-AROTO Ohio, 27 May NGB Reorganization Authority 96-59, 30 June NGB Reorganization Authority 50-63, 18 March 1963.

11 Civil War 66 Antietam Chancellorsville Gettysburg Chattanooga Virginia 1862 Georgia 1864 War with Spain 67 Santiago World War I 68 Ypres-Lys Meuse-Argonne Lorraine 1918 World War II Northern Solomons 69 Northern France 70 Rhineland 71 Luzon (with arrowhead) 72 Central Europe 73 Kosovo Kosovo Defense War on Terrorism Iraq: Transition of Iraq Earned as the 7th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. 67 Earned as the 8th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. 68 WDGO 41, Earned by the 145th Infantry. 69 WDGO 12, th Infantry cited th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron cited th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron cited.. 72 WDGO 109, th Infantry cited th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron cited. Companies B, C, D, perpetuate elements of the 107th Cavalry. 74 Headquarters, Department of the Army , 11 May Earned by Companies B and C, 1st Battalion, 107th Cavalry Regiment.

12 Iraqi Governance 75 Iraqi Sovereignty 76 Headquarters Troop (Hamilton), 2d Squadron, additionally entitled to: World War I 77 Alsace 1918 Troop A (Greenville), 2d Squadron, additionally entitled to: War on Terrorism 78 Iraq: National Resolution Iraqi Surge Troop C (Scott Dragoons - Xenia), 2d Squadron, additionally entitled to: World War I 79 Champagne-Marne Aisne-Marne St. Mihiel Champagne 1918 World War II 80 Air Offensive, Japan Guadalcanal DECORATIONS Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered MANILA Headquarters, Department of the Army , 11 May Earned by Headquarters and Headquarters Company, and Companies B and C, 1st Battalion, 107th Cavalry Regiment. Regiment. 76 US Army HRC , 28 May Earned by Troops B and C, 2d Squadron. 77 Earned as Company G, 372d Infantry. 78 US Army HRC , 17 September Earned as Troop C, 2d Squadron, 107th Cavalry 79 WDGO 41, Champagne-Marne, Aisne-Marne, and St. Mihiel Earned as Company M, 166th Infantry, 42d Division. 80 Earned as Companies F, G, and L, 147th Infantry. 81 War Department General Order 13, 1 February Earned by the 637th Tank Destroyer Battalion.

13 Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 1944 TO 4 JULY Headquarters Troop (Hamilton), 2d Squadron, additionally entitled to: French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War I, Streamer embroidered MEUSE-ARGONNE AAMH-FPO, 30 December Earned as the 107th Cavalry. 83 DAGO 47, Earned as Company G, 372d Infantry.