Lineage and Honors Information as of 26 March 2012
379th CHEMICAL COMPANY
- Constituted 13 January 1945 in the Army of the United States as the 238th Chemical Service Platoon
- Activated 12 February 1945 in the Philippines
- Inactivated 28 February 1946 in Japan
- Redesignated 30 November 1948 as the 379th Chemical Smoke Generator Company and allotted to the Organized Reserve Corps
- Activated 18 January 1949 at Chicago, Illinois
- Ordered into active military service 11 September 1950 at Chicago, Illinois
- (Organized Reserve Corps redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 October 1953 as the 379th Chemical Company
- Released from active military service 6 January 1955 and reverted to reserve status
- Ordered into active military service 7 December 2003 at Chicago, Illinois; released from active military service 3 June 2005 and reverted to reserve status
Campaign Participation Credit
- War on Terrorism
- Campaigns to be determined
Decorations
- Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 1944 TO 4 JULY 1945
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
Robert J. Dalessandro
Director, Center of Military History
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