69th Chemical Company
Lineage and Honors Information as of 6 May 1997
69th Chemical Company Lineage
Constituted 16 May 1942 in the Army of the United States as the 69th Chemical Smoke Generator Company
Activated 20 June 1942 at Camp Haan, California
Inactivated 26 November 1945 at Camp Patrick Henry, Virginia
Allotted 15 December 1948 to the Regular Army
Activated 13 January 1949 at the Army Chemical Center, Maryland
Reorganized and redesignated 4 March 1954 as the 69th Chemical Company
Inactivated 20 December 1969 at Fort Benning, Georgia
Assigned 21 September 1979 to the 1st Armored Division and activated in Germany
Inactivated 15 November 1991 in Germany
Activated 16 February 1997 in Germany
69th Chemical Company Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
World War II - EAME: Tunisia; Sicily; Rome-Arno; Southern France; Rhineland; Ardennes-Alsace; Central Europe
Korean War: UN Defensive; UN Offensive; CCF Intervention; First UN Counteroffensive; CCF Spring 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
Decorations
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for KOREA
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for SOUTHWEST ASIA
Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation for KOREA 1950-1952
Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation for KOREA 1952-1953