Lineages and Honors of the California National Guard

185th Quartermaster Battalion

Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment

Organized in June 1885 in the California National Guard at Fresno as the Forsyth Guard

 

Reorganized and redesignated 22 July 1885 as Company C, 6th Infantry Battalion

 

Company F, 6th Infantry Battalion, organized 26 January 1888 in the California National Guard at Fresno

 

Redesignated 21 February 1888 as Companies C and F, 6th Infantry Regiment

 

Mustered into Federal service 11 May 1898 at San Francisco as Companies C and F, 6th California Volunteer Infantry; mustered out of Federal service 15 December 1898 at Fort Point, California, and resumed state status as Companies C and F, 6th Infantry Regiment

 

Redesignated 11 May 1907 as Companies C and F, 2d Infantry Regiment

 

Mustered into Federal service 27 June 1916 at Sacramento; mustered out of Federal service 15 November 1916

 

Drafted into Federal service 5 August 1917

 

Consolidated 24 September - 1 November 1917 with Companies C and L, 5th Infantry Regiment, California National Guard, and consolidated units reorganized and redesignated as Companies C and L, 159th Infantry, elements of the 40th Division

 

Demobilized 1 May 1919 at the Presidio of San Francisco, California

 

Former Company C, 2d Infantry Regiment, reorganized and Federally recognized 1 November 1920 in the California National Guard at Fresno as the 2d Separate Company of Infantry

 

Reorganized and redesignated 1 October 1921 as Company E, 159th Infantry, an element of the 40th Division

 

Former Company K, 2d Infantry Regiment reorganized and Federally recognized 18 October 1921 in the California National Guard at Fresno as Headquarters Company, 2d Battalion, 159th Infantry, an element of the 40th Division

 

Company E and Headquarters Company, 2d Battalion, 159th Infantry, redesignated 1 July 1924 as Company C and as Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 184th Infantry, respectively, elements of the 40th Division

 

Reorganized and redesignated 1 April 1929 as Headquarters Company and Service Company, 185th Infantry, respectively, elements of the 40th Division (later redesignated as the 40th Infantry Division)

 

Headquarters Company, 185th Infantry, reorganized and redesignated 1 October 1939 as the Communications Platoon, Headquarters Company, 185th Infantry; reorganized and redesignated 15 August 1940 as Headquarters Company, 185th Infantry

 

Headquarters Company and Service Company, 185th Infantry, inducted into Federal service 3 March 1941 at Fresno

 

Inactivated 7 April 1946 at Camp Stoneman, California

 

Reorganized and Federally recognized 18 November 1946 and 13 January 1947 at Fresno as elements of the 49th Infantry Division

 

Headquarters Company and Service Company, 185th Infantry, consolidated 1 May 1959 with the Medical Company, 185th Infantry (see ANNEX), and consolidated unit reorganized and redesignated as Headquarters Company, 1st Battle Group, 185th Infantry, an element of the 49th Infantry Division

 

Reorganized and redesignated 1 March 1963 as Headquarters Company, 3d Brigade, 49th Infantry Division

 

Converted and redesignated 29 January 1968 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 185th Armor Group, and relieved from assignment to the 49th Infantry Division

 

Converted and redesignated 1 November 1971 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 185th Transportation Battalion

 

Ordered into active Federal service 29 November 1990 at Fresno; released 28 June 1991 from active Federal service and reverted to state control

 

Converted and redesignated 1 September 1992 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 185th Quartermaster Battalion

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Annex

Organized 19 April 1901 in the California National Guard at Fresno as the Sanitary Corps, 2d Infantry Regiment

 

Mustered into Federal service 27 June 1916 at Sacramento as the Sanitary Detachment, 2d Infantry Regiment; mustered out of Federal service 15 November 1916

 

Drafted into Federal service 5 August 1917

 

Consolidated 25 September - 1 November 1917 with the Sanitary Detachment, 7th Infantry Regiment, California National Guard, and consolidated unit redesignated as the Medical Detachment, 160th Infantry, an element of the 40th Division

 

Demobilized 7 May 1919 at Camp Kearney, California

 

Former Sanitary Detachment, 2d Infantry Regiment, reorganized and Federally recognized 20 May 1926 in the California National Guard at Fresno as the Medical Department Detachment, 184th Infantry, an element of the 40th Division

 

Reorganized and redesignated 1 April 1929 as the Medical Department Detachment, 185th Infantry, an element of the 40th Division (later redesignated as the 40th Infantry Division)

 

Redesignated 1 May 1940 as the Medical Detachment, 185th Infantry

Inducted into Federal service 3 March 1941 at Fresno

 

Inactivated 7 April 1946 at Camp Stoneman, California

 

Reorganized and Federally recognized 4 August 1947 at Fresno as an element of the 49th Infantry Division

 

Reorganized and redesignated 1 December 1948 as the Medical Company, 185th Infantry

 

HOME STATION: Fresno

Campaign Participation Credit

 

World War I
Streamer without inscription

World War II
Bismarck Archipelago
Luzon (with arrowhead)
Southern Philippines (with arrowhead)

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

Decorations

 

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA

Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 1944 TO 4 JULY 1945

 

 

 

 

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