Lineage and Honors Information as of 16 August 2019

Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment
476th Chemical Battalion

  • Constituted 8 September 1942 in the Army of the United States as the 94th Chemical Composite Company
  • Activated 26 December 1942 at Camp Sibert, Alabama
  • Disbanded 2 November 1944 in the Philippine Islands
  • Reconstituted 7 June 1949 in the Organized Reserve Corps as Headquarters, 476th Chemical Service Battalion
  • Activated 11 July 1949 at Los Angeles, California
  • Location changed 15 June 1950 to Maywood, California
  • Ordered into active military service 21 May 1951 at Maywood, California
  • Reorganized and redesignated 1 February 1952 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 476th Chemical Battalion
  • (Organized Reserve Corps redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)
  • Reorganized and redesignated 25 November 1953 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 476th Chemical Battalion
  • Released from active military service 18 March 1955 and reverted to reserve status
  • Inactivated 19 March 1955 at Maywood, California
  • Activated 26 December 1962 at Santa Ana, California
  • Inactivated 29 February 1968 at Santa Ana, California
  • Activated 16 September 1989 at Seattle, Washington
  • Location changed 16 May 2010 to Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington

Campaign Participation Credit

  • World War II
  • Leyte

Decorations

  • Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 1944 TO 4 JULY 1945

By Order of the Secretary of the Army:

CHARLES R. BOWERY, JR.
Chief of Military History


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