Lineage and Honors Information as of 17 October 2011
HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS DETACHMENT
453d CHEMICAL BATTALION
Constituted 30 May 1944 in the Army of the United States as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 24th Chemical Smoke Generator Battalion
Activated 1 June 1944 in England
Inactivated 12 November 1945 in France
Redesignated 16 September 1948 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 453d Chemical Smoke Generator Battalion and allotted to the Organized Reserve Corps
Activated 30 September 1948 at Baltimore, Maryland
Ordered into active military service 19 August 1950 at Baltimore, Maryland
(Organized Reserve Corps redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)
Reorganized and redesignated 15 March 1954 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 453d Chemical Battalion
Released from active military service 27 September 1954 and reverted to reserve status
Inactivated 10 October 1955 at Baltimore, Maryland
Activated 23 November 1955 at Washington, D.C.
Inactivated 1 June 1959 at Washington, D.C.
Activated 17 September 1988 at Chicago, Illinois
Inactivated 15 October 1993 at Chicago, Illinois
Activated 16 September 2011 at Los Alamitos, California
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
World War II
Northern France
Rhineland
Central Europe
Korean War
Third Korean Winter
Korea, Summer 1953
DECORATIONS
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered KOREA 1953
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered KOREA 1954
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Center of Military History