Lineage And Honors Information
Lineage and Honors Information as of 8 September 2016
327th Chemical Company
- Constituted 27 July 1942 in the Army of the United States as the 60th Chemical Depot Company
- Activated 15 August 1942 at Camp Shelby, Mississippi
- Inactivated 17 December 1945 at Camp Shanks, New York
- Redesignated 11 June 1947 as the 327th Chemical Depot Company and allotted to the Organized Reserves
- Activated 16 July 1947 at Atlanta, Georgia
- (Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; on 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)
- Inactivated 1 September 1950 at Atlanta, Georgia
- Redesignated 8 November 1956 as the 327th Chemical Company
- Activated 11 February 1957 at Corinth, Mississippi
- Inactivated 1 November 1957 at Corinth, Mississippi
- Activated 16 October 1980 at Bay City, Texas
- Ordered into active military service 12 September 1990 at Bay City, Texas; released from active military service 13 April 1991 and reverted to reserve status
- Location changed 3 April 1995 to Houston, Texas
- Inactivated 15 September 2005 at Houston, Texas
- Activated 16 September 2008 at Chattanooga, Tennessee
Campaign Participation Credit
- World War II
- Normandy
- Northern France
- Rhineland
- Ardennes-Alsace
- Central Europe
- Southwest Asia
- Defense of Saudi Arabia
- Liberation and Defense of Kuwait
Decorations
None
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
CHARLES R. BOWERY, JR.
Chief of Military History