Lineage and Honors Information as of 23 August 2018

10th Chemical Company

  • Constituted 27 January 1938 in the Regular Army as the 10th Chemical Company
  • Activated 1 July 1940 at Edgewood Arsenal, Maryland
  • Reorganized and redesignated 18 March 1943 as the 10th Chemical Maintenance Company
  • Reorganized and redesignated 1 November 1944 as the 10th Chemical Warfare General Service Company
  • Reorganized and redesignated 1 April 1946 as the 10th Chemical Service Company
  • Redesignated 13 December 1946 as the 10th Chemical Base Depot Company
  • Reorganized and redesignated 25 September 1949 as the 10th Chemical Depot Company
  • Reorganized and redesignated 1 October 1950 as the 10th Chemical Service Company
  • Inactivated 6 November 1951 in Japan
  • Consolidated 16 July 1983 with the 10th Chemical Detachment (see ANNEX) and consolidated unit reorganized and redesignated as the 10th Chemical Company
  • Inactivated 15 June 1992 in Germany
  • Activated 16 April 2016 at Fort Carson, Colorado
  • ANNEX
  • Constituted 19 January 1962 in the Regular Army as the 10th Chemical Platoon
  • Activated 5 March 1962 at Fort McClellan, Alabama
  • Inactivated 25 March 1963 at Fort Hood, Texas
  • Activated 4 September 1963 at Fort Carson, Colorado
  • Inactivated 26 May 1966 at Fort Carson, Colorado
  • Activated 2 January 1968 at Fort McClellan, Alabama
  • Inactivated 20 March 1972 in Vietnam
  • Redesignated 16 September 1980 as the 10th Chemical Detachment and activated in Germany

Campaign Participation Credit

  • World War II
  • New Guinea
  • Vietnam
  • Counteroffensive, Phase IV
  • Counteroffensive, Phase V
  • Counteroffensive, Phase VI
  • Tet 69/Counteroffensive
  • Summer-Fall 1969
  • Winter-Spring 1970
  • Sanctuary Counteroffensive
  • Counteroffensive, Phase VII
  • Consolidation I
  • Consolidation II

Decorations

  • Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 1990
  • Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1968-1969
  • Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1971
  • Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1968-1970

By Order of the Secretary of the Army:

CHARLES R. BOWERY, JR.
Chief of Military History


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