HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS BATTALION
28th INFANTRY DIVISION
(KEYSTONE)
Organized 12-20 March 1879 at Philadelphia as Headquarters, Division of the National Guard of Pennsylvania.
Mustered into Federal service 29 June 1916 at Mount Gretna as Headquarters, 7th Division; mustered out of Federal service 23 February 1917 at Philadelphia.
Called into Federal service 15 July 1917; drafted into Federal service 5
August 1917.
Reorganized and redesignated 1 September 1917 as Headquarters, 28th Division.
Demobilized 17 May 1919 at Camp Dix, New Jersey.
Reorganized and federally recognized 22 December 1921 in the Pennsylvania National Guard at Philadelphia as Headquarters, 28th Division (Headquarters Detachment, 28th Division, organized and federally recognized 21 December 1921 at Philadelphia).
Location of Headquarters changed 12 March 1933 to Harrisburg
Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 28th Division, inducted into
Federal service 17 February 1941 at Harrisburg and Philadelphia.
Reorganized and redesignated 17 February 1942 as Headquarters, 28th Infantry Division.
Inactivated 13 December 1945 at Camp Shelby, Mississippi.
Reorganized and federally recognized 20 November 1946 at Harrisburg.
(Headquarters Company, 28th Infantry Division, concurrently reorganized and Federally recognized at Harrisburg from the 28th Cavalry Reconnaissance Troop [See Annex 1]).
Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 28th Infantry Division, ordered into active Federal service 5 September 1950 at Harrisburg.
(Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 28th Infantry Division [NGUS] organized and federally recognized 22 June 1953 at Harrisburg).
Released 15 June 1954 from active Federal service and reverted to state control; Federal recognition concurrently withdrawn from Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 28th Infantry Division (NGUS).
(Headquarters Company, 28th Infantry Division, consolidated 1 July 1959 with the Medical Detachment, Division Headquarters, 28th Infantry Division [see ANNEX 2]) and the 28th Military Police Company [see ANNEX 3] and consolidated unit designated as Headquarters Company, 28th Infantry Division).
Ordered into active Federal service 24 July – 24 August 2002 at Harrisburg; released from active Federal service 19-20 May 2003 and reverted to state control.
Consolidated 1 September 2007 with Headquarters Company, 628th Military Intelligence Battalion (organized and federally recognized 19 November 1996 at Harrisburg), and consolidated unit designated as Headquarters, 28th Infantry Division.
Reorganized and redesignated 1 September 2011 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion, 28th Infantry Division.
Ordered into active Federal service 11 January 2018 at Harrisburg.
ANNEX 1
Organized 15 April 1861 in the Pennsylvania Militia at Harrisburg as the
Harrisburg Rifles.
Redesignated 1 June 1861 as the First City Zouaves.
Mustered into Federal service 27 May 1862 at Harrisburg; mustered out of
Federal service 28 May 1862 at Harrisburg.
Mustered into Federal service 26 July 1862 at Harrisburg as Company A, 127th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Regiment; mustered out of Federal service 8 May 1863 at Harrisburg and resumed state status as the First City Zouaves.
Mustered into active state service 29 June 1863 at Harrisburg as the 2nd
Company, Pennsylvania Volunteer Emergency Militia; mustered out 6 July 1863.
Reorganized 8 March 1869 in the Pennsylvania Militia at Harrisburg as the
First City Zouaves.
(Pennsylvania Militia redesignated 7 April 1870 as the Pennsylvania National Guard).
Reorganized and redesignated 16 December 1870 as Company A, First City Zouaves Battalion.
Reorganized and redesignated 17 November 1871 as the City Grays
Reorganized and redesignated 30 June 1874 as Company D, 8th Infantry Regiment.
Mustered into Federal service 12 May 1898 at Mount Gretna as Company D, 8th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry; mustered out of Federal service 7 March 1899 at Augusta, Georgia.
Reorganized 21 April 1899 at Harrisburg as Company D, 8th Infantry Regiment.
Mustered into Federal service 9 July 1916 at Mount Gretna; mustered out of Federal service 27 February 1917 at Harrisburg.
Mustered into Federal service 19 July 1917 at Harrisburg; drafted into
Federal service 5 August 1917.
Consolidated 11 October 1917 with Company D, 16th Infantry Regiment
(organized in 1871), and consolidated unit reorganized and redesignated as Company D, 112th Infantry, an element of the 28th Division.
Demobilized 6 May 1919 at Camp Dix, New Jersey.
Former Company D, 8th Infantry Regiment, reorganized and federally recognized 27 July 1920 in the Pennsylvania National Guard at Harrisburg as Company D, 8th Infantry.
Reorganized and redesignated 1 April 1921 as Headquarters Company, 55th Infantry Brigade, and assigned to the 28th Division.
Inducted into Federal service 17 February 1941 at Harrisburg.
Converted and redesignated 17 February 1942 as the 28th Mechanized Cavalry.
Reconnaissance Troop, an element of the 28th Infantry Division
Reorganized and redesignated 17 August 1943 as the 28th Reconnaissance Troop, Mechanized.
Inactivated 27 October 1945 at Camp Shelby, Mississippi.
ANNEX 2
Organized and federally recognized 10 February 1922 in the Pennsylvania National Guard at Harrisburg as the Medical Department Detachment, 28th Division Quartermaster Train.
Reorganized and redesignated 17 April 1936 as the Medical Department
Detachment, 103d Quartermaster Regiment, an element of the 28th Division Inducted into Federal service 17 February 1941 at Harrisburg.
(103d Quartermaster Regiment reorganized and redesignated 17 February 1942 as the 103d Quartermaster Battalion, an element of the 28th Infantry Division; reduced, reorganized, and redesignated 12 November 1942 as the 28th Quartermaster Company, an element of the 28th Infantry Division; inactivated 3 December 1945 at Camp Shelby, Mississippi).
Former Medical Department Detachment, 103d Quartermaster Regiment, reorganized and federally recognized 20 November 1946 at Harrisburg as Headquarters, Special Troops, 28th Infantry Division.
Converted and redesignated 1 February 1949 as the Medical Detachment, 28th Infantry Division.
Ordered into active Federal service 5 September 1950 at Harrisburg (Medical Detachment, 28th Infantry Division [NGUS], organized and federally recognized 12 October 1953 at Harrisburg).
Released 15 June 1954 from active Federal service and reverted to state
control; Federal recognition concurrently withdrawn from the Medical Detachment, 28th Infantry Division (NGUS).
ANNEX 3
Organized in July 1917 in the Pennsylvania National Guard at Harrisburg as Headquarters Detachment, Pennsylvania Supply Train.
Called into Federal service 15 July 1917 at Harrisburg; drafted into Federal service 5 August 1917.
Reorganized and redesignated 11 October 1917 as Headquarters Company, 103d Supply Train, an element of the 28th Division.
Demobilized 30 May 1919 at Camp Dix, New Jersey.
Reorganized 15 December 1921 in the Pennsylvania National Guard at Harrisburg as Headquarters Detachment, 28th Division Quartermaster Train; Federally recognized 22 December 1921.
Reorganized and redesignated 17 April 1936 as Headquarters Company, 103d Quartermaster Regiment, an element of the 28th Division.
Inducted into Federal service 17 February 1941 at Harrisburg.
(103d Quartermaster Regiment reorganized and redesignated 17 February 1942 as the 103d Quartermaster Battalion, an element of the 28th Infantry Division; reduced, reorganized, and redesignated 12 November 1942 as the 28th Quartermaster Company, an element of the 28th Infantry Division; inactivated 3 December 1945 at Camp Shelby, Mississippi).
Former Headquarters Company, 103d Quartermaster Regiment, converted and redesignated 24 May 1946 as the 28th Military Police Company, an element of the 28th Infantry Division.
Reorganized and federally recognized 20 November 1946 at Harrisburg.
Ordered into active Federal service 5 September 1950 at Harrisburg
(28th Military Police Company [NGUS] organized and federally recognized 23
June 1953 at Harrisburg).
Released 15 June 1954 from active Federal service and reverted to state
control; Federal recognition concurrently withdrawn from the 28th Military Police
Company (NGUS).
HOME STATION: Harrisburg
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
World War I
Champagne-Marne
Aisne-Marne
Oise-Aisne
Meuse-Argonne
Champagne 1918
Lorraine 1918
World War II
Normandy
Northern France
Rhineland
Ardennes-Alsace
Central Europe
War on Terrorism
Campaigns to be determined
Operations Company (Harrisburg), additionally entitled to:
World War I
Ypres-Lys
St. Mihiel
World War II
New Guinea
Leyte (with arrowhead)
Southern Philippines
Algeria-French Morocco (with arrowhead)
Tunisia
Naples-Foggia (with arrowhead)
Rome-Arno
DECORATIONS
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA 2018
Luxembourg Croix de Guerre, Streamer embroidered LUXEMBOURG
Headquarters Company (Hershey) additionally entitled to:
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered EUROPEAN THEATER
Operations Company (Harrisburg), additionally entitled to:
Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 1944 TO 4 JULY 1945
