Lineage and Honors Information as of 27 April 2017

4th Chemical Company

  • Constituted 29 May 1930 in the Regular Army as the 4th Chemical Company
  • Activated 2 October 1930 at Manila, Philippines
  • Surrendered 9 April 1942 to the Japanese 14th Army
  • Inactivated 2 April 1946 in the Philippines
  • Redesignated 21 August 1951 as the 4th Chemical Smoke Generator Company
  • Activated 4 September 1951 at Camp McCoy, Wisconsin
  • Reorganized and redesignated 1 October 1953 as the 4th Chemical Company
  • Inactivated 15 June 1959 at Wiesbaden, Germany
  • Activated 15 September 1983 at Camp Casey, Korea

Campaign Participation Credit

  • World War II
  • Philippine Islands

Decorations

  • Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered LUZON 1941-1942
  • Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered BATAAN
  • Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered DEFENSE OF THE PHILIPPINES
  • Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 2013-2014
  • Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 7 DECEMBER 1941 TO 10 MAY 1942

By Order of the Secretary of the Army:

CHARLES R. BOWERY, JR.
Chief of Military History


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