Lineage and Honors Information as of 20 May 2015
371st Chemical Company
- Constituted 30 July 1942 in the Army of the United States as the 35th Chemical Decontamination Company
- Activated 25 September 1942 at Camp Maxey, Texas
- Inactivated 26 October 1945 at Fort Jackson, South Carolina
- Redesignated 15 November 1948 as the 371st Chemical Decontamination Company and allotted to the Organized Reserve Corps
- Activated 30 November 1948 at Niagara Falls, New York
- Inactivated 31 October 1950 at Niagara Falls, New York
- (Organized Reserve Corps redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)
- Redesignated 16 September 1955 as the 371st Chemical Company
- Activated 1 November 1955 at Rochester, New York
- Inactivated 1 July 1959 at Rochester, New York
- Activated 16 October 1984 at Greenwood, South Carolina
- Ordered into active military service 20 September 1990 at Greenwood, South Carolina; released from active military service 5 May 1991 and reverted to reserve status
- Ordered into active military service 7 February 2003 at Greenwood, South Carolina; released from active military service 6 February 2004 and reverted to reserve status
- Ordered into active military service 8 August 2012 at Greenwood, South Carolina; released from active military service 23 September 2013 and reverted to reserve status
Campaign Participation Credit
- World War II
- Northern France
- Rhineland
- Central Europe
- Southwest Asia
- Defense of Saudi Arabia
- Liberation and Defense of Kuwait
- Cease-Fire
- War on Terrorism
- Campaigns to be determined
Decorations
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
RICHARD W. STEWART, Ph.D.
Chief of Military History
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