Lineage and Honors Information as of 19 September 2017
51st Chemical Company
- Constituted 13 January 1941 in the Regular Army as the 1st Chemical Company
- Activated 3 June 1941 at Edgewood Arsenal, Maryland
- Redesignated 12 March 1942 as the 51st Chemical Impregnating Company
- Redesignated 20 September 1943 as the 51st Chemical Processing Company
- Inactivated 27 November 1945 at the New York Port of Embarkation, New York
- Redesignated 2 July 1952 as the 51st Chemical Smoke Generator Company
- Activated 17 July 1952 at Fort McClellan, Alabama
- Reorganized and redesignated 25 November 1953 as the 51st Chemical Company
- Inactivated 15 June 1959 in Germany
- Activated 16 March 1985 in Germany
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:
CHARLES R. BOWERY, JR.
Chief of Military History
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
CHARLES R. BOWERY, JR.
Chief of Military History