21st Chemical Company
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[1]Constituted 3 March 1942 in the Army of the United States as the 21st Chemical Company
Activated 30 March 1942 at Camp Bowie, Texas
Reorganized and redesignated 12 December 1943 as the 21st Chemical Decontamination Company
Inactivated 22 April 1946 in Germany
Activated 25 July 1950 at the Army Chemical Center, Maryland
Allotted 25 October 1951 to the Regular Army
Reorganized and redesignated 1 April 1954 as the 21st Chemical Company
Inactivated 20 December 1966 at Fort McClellan, Alabama
Assigned 16 September 1979 to the 82d Airborne Division and activated at Fort Bragg, North Carolina
21st Chemical Company Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
World War II-EAME: Sicily; Rome-Arno; Southern France (with arrowhead); Rhineland; Ardennes-Alsace; Central Europe
Korean War: CCF Intervention; First UN Counteroffensive; CCF Spring Offensive; UN Summer-Fall Offensive; Second Korean Winter Korea, Summer-Fall 1952; Third Korean Winter; Korea, Summer 1953
Southwest Asia: Defense of Saudi Arabia; Liberation and Defense of Kuwait
Decorations
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for KOREA JAN-JUN 1952
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for KOREA JUL-DEC 1952
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for KOREA JAN-JUN 1953
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for KOREA JUL-DEC 1953
Army Superior Unit Award for 1994
Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation for KOREA 1950-1952
Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation for KOREA 1952-1954
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