Lineage and Honors Information as of 26 March 2018
Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment
83d Chemical Battalion
- Constituted 12 March 1942 in the Army of the United States as the 83d Chemical Battalion
- Activated 10 June 1942 at Camp Gordon, Georgia
- Reorganized and redesignated 27 June 1944 as the 83d Chemical Battalion, Motorized
- Reorganized and redesignated 7 December 1944 as the 83d Chemical Mortar Battalion
- Inactivated 26 November 1945 at Camp Myles Standish, Massachusetts
- Headquarters and Headquarters Company redesignated 5 June 1951 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 83d Chemical Smoke Generator Battalion, and allotted to the Regular Army; concurrently, remainder of battalion disbanded
- Activated 16 July 1951 in Germany
- Inactivated 15 January 1952 in England; concurrently, Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 83d Chemical Smoke Generator Battalion redesignated as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 83d Chemical Mortar Battalion
- Redesignated 1 February 1955 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 83d Chemical Battalion
- Activated 18 March 1955 at Fort McClellan, Alabama
- Inactivated 20 December 1966 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina
- Activated 1 October 1993 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina
Campaign Participation Credit
- World War II
- Sicily (with arrowhead)
- Naples-Foggia (with arrowhead)
- Anzio (with arrowhead)
- Rome-Arno
- Southern France (with arrowhead)
- Rhineland
- Ardennes-Alsace
- Central Europe
- War on Terrorism
- Campaigns to be determined
Decorations
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered EUROPEAN THEATER
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA 2003
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
CHARLES R. BOWERY, JR.
Chief of Military History