Lineage And Honors Information
Lineage and Honors Information as of 12 November 2013
318th CHEMICAL COMPANY
- Constituted 19 December 1942 in the Army of the United States as the 57th Chemical Maintenance Company
- Activated 1 February 1943 at Camp Sibert, Alabama
- Inactivated 30 November 1945 at Camp Campbell, Kentucky
- Redesignated 17 May 1947 as the 318th Chemical Maintenance Company and allotted to the Organized Reserves
- Activated 27 May 1947 at New York, New York
- (Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 September 1953 as the 318th Chemical Company
- Inactivated 31 August 1954 at New York, New York
- Activated 1 March 1963 at New York, New York
- Inactivated 31 January 1968 at New York, New York
- Activated 16 April 1984 at Birmingham, Alabama
- Ordered into active military service 12 September 1990 at Birmingham, Alabama; released from active military service 20 March 1991 and reverted to reserve status
- Ordered into active military service 27 November 2001 at Birmingham, Alabama; released from active military service 26 November 2002 and reverted to reserve status
- Ordered into active military service 21 January 2003 at Birmingham, Alabama; released from active military service 25 May 2003 and reverted to reserve status
Campaign Participation Credit
- World War II
- Normandy
- Northern France
- Rhineland
- Central Europe
- Southwest Asia
- Defense of Saudi Arabia
- Liberation and Defense of Kuwait
- War on Terrorism
- Campaigns to be determined
Decorations
None
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
Robert J. Dalessandro
Director, Center of Military History