Lineage And Honors Information
Lineage and Honors Information as of 12 November 2013
314th CHEMICAL COMPANY
- Constituted 11 July 1942 in the Army of the United States as the 103d Chemical Impregnating Company
- Activated 18 August 1942 at Edgewood Arsenal, Maryland
- Redesignated 20 September 1943 as the 103d Chemical Processing Company
- Inactivated 25 January 1946 in the Philippines
- Redesignated 22 April 1947 as the 314th Chemical Processing Company and allotted to the Organized Reserves
- Activated 3 May 1947 at Charleston, South Carolina
- (Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)
- Reorganized and redesignated 31 December 1953 as the 314th Chemical Company
- Inactivated 28 February 1958 at Charleston, South Carolina
- Activated 16 October 1984 at Carrollton, Georgia
- Ordered into active military service 10 February 2003 at Carrollton, Georgia; released from active military service 7 December 2004 and reverted to reserve status
- Location changed 1 April 2005 to Decatur, Georgia
- Element ordered into active military service 9 June 2009 at Decatur, Georgia; released from active military service 13 July 2010 and reverted to reserve status
Campaign Participation Credit
- World War II
- New Guinea
- War on Terrorism
- Campaigns to be determined
Decorations
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered PACIFIC THEATER 1945
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
Robert J. Dalessandro
Director, Center of Military History