Lineage and Honors Information as of 27 April 2017
61st Chemical Company
- Constituted 1 January 1943 in the Army of the United States as the 61st Chemical Depot Company
- Activated 15 January 1943 at Camp Sibert, Alabama
- Inactivated 31 December 1945 at the New York Port of Embarkation
- Redesignated 4 June 1954 as the 61st Chemical Company and allotted to the Regular Army
- Activated 29 June 1954 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina
- Inactivated 15 November 1957 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina
- Activated 25 April 1967 at Fort McClellan, Alabama
- Inactivated 19 December 1973 at Fort McClellan, Alabama
- Activated 16 October 1997 in Korea
Campaign Participation Credit
- World War II
- Normandy
- Northern France
- Rhineland
- Ardennes-Alsace
- Central Europe
- War on Terrorism
- Campaigns to be determined
Decorations
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2009-2010
- Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 2013-2014
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
CHARLES R. BOWERY, JR.
Chief of Military History