Lineage and Honors Information as of 13 December 2010
354th CHEMICAL COMPANY
Constituted 8 December 1942 in the Army of the United States as the 179th Chemical Smoke Generator Company
Activated 20 December 1942 at Camp Sibert, Alabama
Inactivated 8 September 1945 in Italy
Redesignated 27 July 1948 as the 354th Chemical Smoke Generator Company and allotted to the Organized Reserve Corps
Activated 20 August 1948 at Richland, Washington
Inactivated 21 February 1950 at Richland, Washington
Activated 27 July 1950 at Baltimore, Maryland
(Organized Reserve Corps redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)
Reorganized and redesignated 9 October 1953 as the 354th Chemical Company
Inactivated 31 January 1968 at Baltimore, Maryland
Activated 16 April 1981 at Russellville, Arkansas
Location changed 15 April 1996 to Waco, Texas
Inactivated 15 September 2005 at Waco, Texas
Activated 16 September 2010 at Louisville, Kentucky
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
World War II
Naples-Foggia
Anzio
Rome-Arno
North Apennines
Po Valley
DECORATIONS
None
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
PETER D. CREAN
COL, LG
Director, Center of Military History