242d Chemical Platoon
Lineage and Honors Information as of 25 January 2008
242d Chemical Platoon Lineage
Constituted 7 September 1943 in the Army of the United States as the 242d Chemical Composite Company
Activated 31 December 1943 in the Panama Canal Zone
Reorganized and redesignated 12 March 1945 as the 242d Chemical Service Company
Reorganized and redesignated 19 December 1945 as the 242d Chemical Supply Detachment
Allotted 2 February 1946 to the Regular Army
Reorganized and redesignated 20 October 1953 as the 242d Chemical Service Platoon
Reorganized and redesignated 15 September 1954 as the 242d Chemical Platoon
Inactivated 20 April 1956 in the Panama Canal Zone
Redesignated 26 August 1959 as the 242d Chemical Detachment
Activated 8 September 1959 at Fort McClellan, Alabama
Inactivated 7 April 1970 in Vietnam
Assigned 21 July 1978 to the 1st Armored Division and activated in Germany
Inactivated 20 September 1979 in Germany and relieved from assignment to the 1st Armored Division
Activated 16 September 1982 in Germany
Inactivated 15 October 1991 in Germany
Redesignated 23 March 2006 as the 242d Chemical Platoon
Activated 16 October 2007 at Fort Polk, Louisiana
242d Chemical Platoon Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
World War II: American Theater, Streamer without inscription
Vietnam: Defense; Counteroffensive; Counteroffensive, Phase II; Counteroffensive, Phase III; Tet Counteroffensive; Counteroffensive, Phase IV; Counteroffensive, Phase V; Counteroffensive, Phase VI; Tet 69/Counteroffensive; Summer-Fall 1969; Winter-Spring 1970
Decorations
Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1965-1968
Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1965-1970