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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