Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment
457th Chemical Battalion
Lineage and Honors Information as of 20 November 2008
Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment
457th Chemical Battalion Lineage
Constituted 8 November 1948 in the Organized Reserve Corps as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 457th Chemical Smoke Generator Battalion
Activated 3 December 1948 at Atlanta, Georgia
Inactivated 1 November 1949 at Atlanta, Georgia
Activated 1 January 1952 at Charleston, South Carolina
(Organized Reserve Corps redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)
Reorganized and redesignated 31 December 1953 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 457th Chemical Battalion
Location changed January 1966 to Greenville, South Carolina
Ordered into active military service 21 November 1990 at Greenville, South Carolina; released from active military service 5 May 1991 and reverted to reserve status
Location changed 16 January 2006 to Pelzer, South Carolina; on 16 April 2008 to Greenville, South Carolina
Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment
457th Chemical Battalion Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
Southwest Asia: Liberation and Defense of Kuwait; Cease-Fire
Decorations
None