355th Chemical Company
Lineage and Honors Information as of 20 NOvember 2007
355th Chemical Company Lineage
Constituted 21 June 1942 in the Army of the United States as the 80th Chemical Smoke Generator Company
Activated 20 July 1942 at Fort McClellan, Alabama
Disbanded 5 July 1945 in France
Reconstituted 9 August 1948 in the Organized Reserve Corps as the 355th Chemical Smoke Generator Company
Activated 24 August 1948 at Linden, New Jersey
Ordered into active military service 11 September 1950 at Linden, New Jersey
(Organized Reserve Corps redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)
Reorganized and redesignated 1 October 1953 as the 355th Chemical Company
Released from active military service 26 November 1954 and reverted to reserve status
Location changed 1 October 1955 to Buffalo, New York; on 1 October 1970 to Niagara Falls, New York; on 1 December 1975 to Altoona,
Pennsylvania; on 1 February 1976 to Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania; and on 18 September 1999 to Las Vegas, Nevada
Element ordered into active military service 23 June 2007 at Las Vegas, Nevada
355th Chemical Company Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
World War II: Normandy, Northern France, Rhineland, Ardennes-Alsace, Central Europe
Decorations
None