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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

None

By Order of the Secretary of the Army:

RICHARD W. STEWART, Ph.D.
Chief of Military History


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