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Lineage and Honors Information as of 20 Novmeber 2012

25th CHEMICAL COMPANY

  • Constituted 3 March 1942 in the Army of the United States as the 25th Chemical Company
  • Activated 25 March 1942 at Camp Blanding, Florida
  • Reorganized and redesignated 12 December 1943 as the 25th Chemical Decontamination Company
  • Inactivated 22 April 1946 in Germany
  • Allotted 17 February 1949 to the Regular Army
  • Activated 11 March 1949 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina
  • Inactivated 25 March 1953 in Korea
  • Redesignated 16 June 1961 as the 25th Chemical Company
  • Activated 25 June 1961 in Korea
  • Inactivated 10 November 1970 in Korea
  • Assigned 21 September 1979 to the 8th Infantry Division and activated in Germany
  • Relieved 17 January 1992 from assignment to the 8th Infantry Division and assigned to the 1st Armored Division
  • Relieved 15 February 1997 from assignment to the 1st Armored Division and inactivated in Germany
  • Activated 16 October 2012 at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland

Campaign Participation Credit

  • World War II
  • Naples-Foggia
  • Rome-Arno
  • Southern France
  • Rhineland
  • Central Europe
  • Korean War
  • UN Defensive
  • UN Offensive
  • CCF Intervention
  • First UN Counteroffensive
  • CCF Spring Offensive
  • UN Summer-Fall Offensive
  • Korea, Summer-Fall 1952
  • Third Korean Winter
  • Southwest Asia
  • Defense of Saudi Arabia
  • Liberation and Defense of Kuwait
  • Cease-Fire

Decorations

  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered EUROPEAN THEATER
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered KOREA 1952-1953
  • Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 1995-1996
  • Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 1950-1951

By Order of the Secretary of the Army:

Robert J. Dalessandro
Director, Center of Military History


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