Constituted 8 November 1948 in the Organized Reserve Corps as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 457th Chemical Smoke Generator Battalion

Activated 3 December 1948 at Atlanta, Georgia

Inactivated 1 November 1949 at Atlanta, Georgia

Activated 1 January 1952 at Charleston, South Carolina

(Organized Reserve Corps redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)

Reorganized and redesignated 31 December 1953 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 457th Chemical Battalion

Location changed January 1966 to Greenville, South Carolina

Ordered into active military service 21 November 1990 at Greenville, South Carolina; released from active military service 5 May 1991 and reverted to reserve status

Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment
457th Chemical Battalion Honors

Campaign Participation Credit

Southwest Asia: Liberation and Defense of Kuwait; Cease-Fire

Decorations

None