300th Chemical Company

Lineage and Honors Information as of 27 March 1997

300th Chemical Company Lineage

Constituted 11 December 1942 in the Army of the United States as the 117th Chemical Impregnating Company

Activated 29 December 1942 at Camp Sibert, Alabama

Redesignated 2 September 1943 as the 117th Chemical Processing Company

Reorganized and redesignated 15 May 1945 as the 117th Chemical Service Company

Inactivated 24 November 1945 in Italy

Allotted 6 December 1946 to the Organized Reserves and redesignated as the 300th Chemical General Service Company

Activated 17 December 1946 at Wilmington, Delaware

(Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; on 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)

Reorganized and redesignated 10 November 1948 as the 300th Chemical Depot Company

Reorganized and redesignated 5 September 1950 as the 300th Chemical Smoke Generator Company

Inactivated 5 October 1953 at Wilmington, Delaware

Redesignated 1 May 1985 as the 300th Chemical Company and activated at New Castle, Delaware

Location changed 1 September 1990 to Morgantown, West Virginia

300th Chemical Company Honors

Campaign Participation Credit

World War II - EAME: Rome-Arno; North Apennines

Decorations

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for EUROPEAN THEATER