Lineage and Honors Information as of 20 May 2016
45th Chemical Company
- Constituted 12 March 1942 in the Army of the United States as Company B,
81st Chemical Battalion
- Activated 25 April 1942 at Fort D.A. Russell, Texas
- Reorganized and redesignated 14 February 1944 as Company B, 81st Chemical Battalion, Motorized
- Reorganized and redesignated 25 February 1945 as Company B, 81st Chemical Mortar Battalion
- Inactivated 7 November 1945 at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri
- Redesignated 28 June 1951 as the 45th Chemical Smoke Generator Company and allotted to the Regular Army
- Activated 23 July 1951 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina
- Reorganized and redesignated 20 October 1953 as the 45th Chemical Company
- Inactivated 30 September 1956 at Brize Norton, England
- Activated 7 January 1958 at Dugway Proving Ground, Utah
- Inactivated 19 December 1972 at Fort Lewis, Washington
- Assigned 1 September 1983 to the 5th Infantry Division and activated at Fort Polk, Louisiana
- Inactivated 15 December 1992 at Fort Polk, Louisiana, and relieved from assignment to the 5th Infantry Division
- Activated 16 April 2016 at Fort Lewis, Washington
Campaign Participation Credit
- World War II
- Normandy (with arrowhead)
- Northern France
- Rhineland
- Ardennes-Alsace
- Central Europe
Decorations
- Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered NORMANDY
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
CHARLES R. BOWERY, JR.
Chief of Military History
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