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Lineage and Honors
21st Chemical Company
(Airborne)
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
Reorganized and redesignated 16 November 1986 as a Dual Purpose (Smoke/Decontamination) Chemical Company
CAMPAIGN PARTICPATION 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
Persian Gulf War
Defense of Saudi Arabia
Liberation and Defense of Kuwait
DECORATIONS
Meritorious Unit Commendation, Streamer embroidered KOREA, JAN-JUN 1952
Meritorious Unit Commendation, Streamer embroidered KOREA, JUL-DEC 1952
Meritorious Unit Commendation, Streamer embroidered KOREA, JAN-JUN 1953
Meritorious Unit Commendation, Streamer embroidered KOREA, JUL-DEC 1953
Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered Korea 1950-1952
Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered Korea 1952-1954
Army Superior Unit Award. Streamer embroidered 1994
MG William L. Sibert Award (Best Chemical Company in the U. S. Army)
Winners: 1996, 1998, 1999, and 2000
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