Lineage and Honors Information as of 11 December 2011
59th CHEMICAL COMPANY
Constituted 25 February 1943 in the Army of the United States as the 59th Chemical Maintenance Company
Activated 15 August 1943 at Camp Campbell, Kentucky
Allotted 18 January 1949 to the Regular Army
Reorganized and redesignated 11 May 1953 as the 59th Chemical Company
Inactivated 1 September 1963 in Germany
Activated 1 July 1989 at Fort Drum, New York
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
World War II
Northern France
Rhineland
Southwest Asia
Defense of Saudi Arabia
Liberation and Defense of Kuwait
Cease-Fire
War on Terrorism
Campaigns to be determined
DECORATIONS
Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2003
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Center of Military History