Lineage and Honors Information as of 31 January 2012
375th CHEMICAL COMPANY
- Constituted 1 January 1943 in the Army of the United States as the 163d Chemical Smoke Generator Company
- Activated 15 January 1943 at Camp Sibert, Alabama
- Inactivated 23 October 1945 at Camp Patrick Henry, Virginia
- Redesignated 17 November 1948 as the 375th Chemical Smoke Generator Company and allotted to the Organized Reserve Corps
- Activated 8 December 1948 at Terre Haute, Indiana
- Ordered into active military service 19 August 1950 at Terre Haute, Indiana
- (Organized Reserve Corps redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)
- Reorganized and redesignated 4 March 1954 as the 375th Chemical Company
- Released from active military service 26 November 1954 and reverted to reserve status; concurrently location changed to Madison, Indiana
- Location changed 1 March 1971 to Jefferson Proving Ground, Indiana
- Inactivated 15 March 1986 at Jefferson Proving Ground, Indiana
- Activated 16 May 2003 at St. Louis, Missouri
- Ordered into active military service 23 May 2003-18 September 2003 at home stations; released from active military service 15 May 2004-16 September 2004 and reverted to reserve status
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
- World War II
- Naples-Foggia
- Rome-Arno
- Southern France
- Rhineland
- Ardennes-Alsace
- Central Europe
- Korean War
- CCF Spring Offensive
- UN Summer-Fall Offensive
- Second Korean Winter
- Korea, Summer-Fall 1952
- Third Korean Winter
- Korea, Summer 1953
- War on Terrorism
- Campaigns to be determined
DECORATIONS
- Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 1951-1952
- Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 1952-1953
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Center of Military History
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