Lineage And Honors Information
Lineage and Honors Information as of 20 Novmeber 2012
68th CHEMICAL COMPANY
- Constituted 16 May 1942 in the Army of the United States as the 68th Chemical Smoke Generator Company
- Activated 1 June 1942 at Edgewood Arsenal, Maryland
- Inactivated 25 January 1946 on Okinawa
- Activated 14 April 1949 at the U.S. Army Chemical Center, Edgewood, Maryland
- Allotted 25 October 1951 to the Regular Army
- Redesignated 4 March 1954 as the 68th Chemical Company
- Inactivated 15 June 1959 in Germany
- Activated 25 March 1963 at Fort Hood, Texas
- Inactivated 24 June 1966 at Fort Hood, Texas
- Assigned 1 July 1977 to the 1st Cavalry Division and activated at Fort Hood, Texas
- Relieved15 September 2005 from assignment to the 1st Cavalry Division and inactivated at Fort Hood, Texas
- Activated 16 October 2012 at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland
Campaign Participation Credit
- World War II
- Ryukyus
- Korean War
- UN Offensive
- CCF Intervention
- First UN Counteroffensive
- CCF Spring Offensive
- UN Summer-Fall Offensive
- Second Korean Winter
- Korea, Summer-Fall 1952
- Third Korean Winter
- Korea, Summer 1953
- Southwest Asia
- Defense of Saudi Arabia
- Liberation and Defense of Kuwait
- Cease-Fire
- War on Terrorism
- Campaigns to be determined
Decorations
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered KOREA 1952
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA 1990-1991
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA 2003
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2004-2005
- Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 1950-1952
- Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 1952-1953
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
Robert J. Dalessandro
Director, Center of Military History