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Battery C, 2nd Battalion,
174th Air Defense Artillery Regiment
MAJOR SUBORDINATE COMMAND: 174th Air Defense Artillery Regiment
HOME STATION: McConnelsville
PARENT UNIT
Company B, 7th Separate Infantry Battalion
DATE & PLACE OF BIRTH
19 April 1900, Marietta, Ohio
MISSION
To provide air defense for an Army Headquarters, and when assigned, the corps or division headquarters and brigade combat team (BCT) forces, areas or installations against cruise missiles, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV)/unmanned combat aerial vehicles (UCAV), and rotary- and fixed-wing aircraft.
CAMPAIGN CREDIT
World War I
Lorraine 1918
War on Terrorism
Campaigns to be determined
DECORATIONS
Meritorious Unit Commendation(Army)
Streamer embroidered CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ASIA 2017-2018
Battery C, 2nd Battalion, 174th Air Defense Artillery Regiment is organized in Marietta, Ohio as Company B, 7th Separate Infantry Battalion. As an element of the 37th Division in World War I, the unit earned credit for participation in the Lorraine campaign as Company F, 112th Ammunition Train. The battery converted to air defense artillery in 1959 and moved from its armory in Marietta to its present station at McConnelsville in 1992. The battery also earned the Meritorious Unit Commendation during its 2017-2018 mobilization to Central and Southwest Asia. In this 1917 photo, Company B, 7th Infantry Regiment Soldiers pose for a photograph on the front steps of the Marietta Armory prior to leaving for World War I.
1917 ~ Company B, 7th Infantry Regiment on the steps of the Marietta Armory.
1994 ~ Sgt. 1st Class Donald McIntyre, Battery C, 2nd Battalion, 174th Air Defense Artillery, assists Belmont County snow emergency operations by coordinating Guard personnel and equipment to priority areas during a state active duty mission in January 1994.
2000 ~ Soldiers from Battery C, 2nd Battalion, 174th Air Defense Artillery pose for a photograph with the unit guidon.
Photos from Ohio National Guard Heritage Center