Lineage and Honors Information as of 24 May 2017
21st Chemical Company
- Constituted 3 March 1942 in the Army of the United States as the 21st Chemical Company
- Activated 30 March 1942 at Camp Bowie, Texas
- Reorganized and redesignated 12 December 1943 as the 21st Chemical Decontamination Company
- Inactivated 22 April 1946 in Germany
- Activated 25 July 1950 at the Army Chemical Center, Edgewood, Maryland
- Allotted 25 October 1951 to the Regular Army
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 April 1954 as the 21st Chemical Company
- Inactivated 20 December 1966 at Fort McClellan, Alabama
- Assigned 16 September 1979 to the 82d Airborne Division and activated at Fort Bragg, North Carolina
Campaign Participation Credit
- World War II
- Sicily
- Rome-Arno
- Southern France (with arrowhead)
- Rhineland
- Ardennes-Alsace
- Central Europe
- Korean War
- CCF Intervention
- First UN Counteroffensive
- CCF Spring Offensive
- UN Summer-Fall Offensive
- Second Korean Winter
- Korea, Summer-Fall 1952
- Third Korean Winter
- Korea, Summer 1953
- Southwest Asia
- Defense of Saudi Arabia
- Liberation and Defense of Kuwait
- War on Terrorism
- Campaigns to be determined
Decorations
- Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2003
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered KOREA JAN-JUN 1952
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered KOREA JUL-DEC 1952
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered KOREA JAN-JUN 1953
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered KOREA JUL-DEC 1953
- Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 1994
- Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 2011-2013
- Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 1950-1952
- Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 1952-1954
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
CHARLES R. BOWERY, JR.
Chief of Military History
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
CHARLES R. BOWERY, JR.
Chief of Military History