Lineages and Honors of the California
National Guard
40th Finance Battalion
Headquarters and
Headquarters Detachment
Organized and federally recognized 24 March 1930 in the California
National Guard At Ontario as Company G, 185th lnfantry , an element
of the 40th Division (later redesignated as the 40th lnfantry
Division)
lnducted into federal service 3 March 1941
at Ontario lnactivated 7 April 1946 at Camp Stoneman, California
Reorganized and federally recognized 15
October 1946 at Ontario as Headquarters Company, 224th lnfantry,
an element of the 40th lnfantry Division
Ordered into active federal service 1 September
1950 at Ontario
(Headquarters Company, 224th lnfantry [NGUS],
organized and Federally recognized 2 September 1952 at Ontario)
Released 30 June 1954 from active Federal
service and reverted to state control; Federal recognition concurrently
withdrawn from Headquarters Company, 224th lnfantry (NGUS)
Reorganized and redesignated 1 July 1954
as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, Combat Command B, 40th
Armored Division
Reorganized and redesignated 1 March 1963
as Headquarters and Headquarters Company. 2d Brigade, 40th Armored
Division
Converted and redesignated 29 January 1963
as Company A, 40th Support Battalion, an element of the 40th Armored
Brigade; location concurrently changed to Los Angeles
Converted and redesignated 13 January 1974
as the 40th finance Company, an element of the 40th lnfantry Division
Location changed 1 December 1975 to lnglewood;
on 30 September 1910 to Long Beach; and on 1 August 1985 to Compton
Reorganized and redesignated 1 September
1993 as the 40th Finance Battalion
HOME STATION: Compton
Annex
1
Organized and Federally recognized 20
February 1937 in the California National Guard at San Jose as
Headquarters Company, 2d Battalion, 159th Infantry, an element
of the 40th Division
Reorganized and redesignated 1 May 1940
as Headquarters Detachment, 2d Battalion, 159th Infantry
Inducted into Federal service 3 March
1941 at San Jose
(159th Infantry relieved 29 October 1941
from assignment to the 40th Division and assigned to the 7th
Division [later redesignated as the 7th Infantry Division])
Reorganized and redesignated 25 July 1942
as Headquarters Company, 2d Battalion, 159th Infantry
(159th Infantry relieved 23 August 1943
from assignment to the 7th Infantry Division)
Inactivated 6 November 1945 at Camp Kilmer,
New Jersey
(159th Infantry assigned 5 August 1946
to the 49th Infantry Division)
Annex
2
Organized and Federally recognized 27 December 1927 in the California
National Guard at Alameda as Company D, 159th Infantry, an element
of the 40th Division
Location changed 1 March 1934 to Oakland
Inducted into Federal service 3 March
1941 at Oakland
(159th Infantry relieved 29 October 1941
from assignment to the 40th Division and assigned to the 7th
.Division [later redesignated as the 7th Infantry Division];
relieved 5 August 1943 from assignment to the 7th Infantry Division)
Inactivated 4 November 1945 at Camp Shanks,
New York
(159th Infantry assigned 5 August 1946
to the 49th Infantry Division)
Reorganized and Federally recognized 13
January 1948 at Pittsburg
Reorganized and redesignated 1 May 1959
as Company D, 1st Battle Group, 159th Infantry
Consolidated 1 March 1963 with Company
E, 1st Battle Group, 159th Infantry (see ANNEX 3), and consolidated
unit reorganized and redesignated as Headquarters Company, 2d
Battalion, 184th Infantry, an element of the 49th Infantry Division
Relieved 29 January 1968 from assignment
to the 49th Infantry Division; concurrently consolidated 29 January
1968 with Company D, 2d Battalion, 184th Infantry (see ANNEX
4), and Company C, 2d Battalion, 184th Infantry (organized and
Federally recognized 4 December 1965 at Pittsburg), and consolidated
unit reorganized and redesignated as Headquarters Company, 1st
Battalion, 159th Infantry
Converted and redesignated 13 January
1974 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 185th Military
Police Battalion
Ordered into active Federal service 2
May 1992 at Pittsburg; released 9 May 1992 from active Federal
service and reverted to state control
Annex
3
Organized and Federally recognized 31 August 1931 in the California
National Guard at Oakland as Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion,
159th Infantry, an element of the 40th Division
Redesignated 1 May 1940 as Headquarters
Detachment, 1st Battalion, 159th Infantry
Inducted into Federal service 3 March
1941 at Oakland
(159th Infantry relieved 29 October 1941
from assignment to the 40th Division a assigned to the 7th Division
[later redesignated as the 7th Infantry Division])
Reorganized and redesignated 25 July 1942
as Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 159th Infantry
(159th Infantry relieved 23 August 1943
from assignment to the 7th Infantry Division)
Inactivated 6 November 1945 at Camp Kilmer,
New Jersey
(159th Infantry assigned 5 August 1946
to the 49th Infantry Division)
Reorganized and Federally recognized 10
December 1947 at Pittsburg
Consolidated 1 May 1959 with the Medical
Detachment, 1st Battalion, 159th Infantry
(organized and Federally recognized 30 November 1956 at Pittsburg),
and consolidated unit reorganized and redesignated as Company
E, 1st Battle Group, 159th Infantry
Annex
4
Organized and Federally
recognized 21 February 1955 in the California Army National Guard
at Walnut Creek as Company B, 159th Infantry, an element of the
49th Infantry Division
Reorganized and redesignated
1 May 1959 as Company B, 1st Battle Group, 159th Infantry
Reorganized and redesignated
l March 1963 as Company B, 2d Battalion, 184th Infantry, an element
of the 49th Infantry Division
Campaign
Participation Credit
World War II
Asiatic-Pacific Theater
Bismarck Archipelago
Luzon (with arrowhead)
Southern Philippines (with arrowhead)
Korean War
Second Korean Winter
Korea, Summer-Fall 1952
Third Korean Wnter
Korea, Summer 1953
Decorations
Philippine Presidential Unit Citation,
Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 1944 TO 4 JULY 1945
Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered
KOREA 1952
Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered
KOREA 1952-1953
Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation,
Streamer embroidered KOREA 1953-1954
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
HAROLD W. NELSON
Brigadier General, United States Army
Chief of Military History
23 June 1994
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