Lineage and Honors Information as of 17 April 2006
HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS DETACHMENT
151st CHEMICAL BATTALION
Organized and Federally recognized 16 January 1947 in the Alabama Army National Guard at Fort Payne as Company C, 151st Engineer Combat Battalion
Ordered into active Federal service 14 August 1950 at Fort Payne
(Company C, 151st Engineer Combat Battalion [NGUS], organized and Federally recognized 11 December 1952 at Fort Payne; reorganized and redesignated 1 October 1953 as Headquarters and Service Company, 151st Engineer Battalion)
Reorganized and redesignated 1 October 1954 as Company C, 151st Engineer Battalion
Released from active Federal service 21 February 1955; concurrently consolidated with Headquarters and Service Company, 151st Engineer Battalion (NGUS), and consolidated unit designated as Headquarters and Service Company, 151st Engineer Battalion
Consolidated 1 April 1961 with the Medical Detachment, 151st Engineer Battalion (organized and Federally recognized 28 June 1954 at Valley Head) and consolidated unit reorganized and redesignated as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 151st Engineer Battalion
Ordered into active Federal service 11 June 1963 at Fort Payne; released 16 June 1963 from active Federal service and reverted to state control
Ordered into active Federal service 10 September 1963 at Fort Payne; released
12 September 1963 from active Federal service and reverted to state control
Reorganized and redesignated 15 January 1968 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 151st Engineer Battalion (less detachment at Oneonta)
Reorganized and redesignated 1 September 1993 as Detachment 1, Headquarters Company, 1343d Engineer Battalion
Reorganized and redesignated 1 September 1995 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1343d Engineer Battalion (less detachment at Valley Head)
Consolidated 1 October 1997 with Detachment 1, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1343d Engineer Battalion (see ANNEX) and consolidated unit reorganized and redesignated as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1343d Engineer Battalion
Converted and redesignated 1 September 2000 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 151st Chemical Battalion
ANNEX
Organized and Federally recognized 19 December 1955 in the Alabama Army National Guard at Valley Head as the 145th Quartermaster Company
Converted and redesignated 1 May 1956 as Company A, 151st Engineer Battalion
Reorganized and redesignated 2 May 1959 as Detachment, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 151st Engineer Battalion
Reorganized and redesignated 1 April 1961 as Detachment, Company A, 151st Engineer Battalion
Location changed 15 April 1963 to Hammondville
Ordered into active Federal service 11 June 1963 at Hammondville; released 16 June 1963 from active Federal service and reverted to state control
Ordered into active Federal service 10 September 1963 at Hammondville; released
12 September 1963 and reverted to state control
Reorganized and redesignated 1 November 1965 as Detachment, Company B, 1343d Engineer Battalion
Reorganized and redesignated 15 January 1968 as Detachment, Company D, 1343d Engineer Battalion
Reorganized and redesignated 1 September 1993 as Detachment, Company A, 1343d Engineer Battalion
Reorganized and redesignated 1 September 1995 as Detachment 1, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1343d Engineer Battalion
Home Station: Fort Payne
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
Korean War
First UN Counteroffensive
CCF Spring Offensive
UN Summer-Fall Offensive
Second Korean Winter
Korea, Summer-Fall 1952
Third Korean Winter
Korea, Summer 1953
DECORATIONS
Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 1950-1952
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
JEFFREY J. CLARKE
Chief of Military History