Lineage and Honors Information as of 5 April 2011
479th CHEMICAL BATTALION
Constituted 13 May 1944 in the Army of the United States as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 14th Chemical Composite Battalion
Activated 20 May 1944 at Camp Sibert, Alabama
Redesignated 25 April 1945 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 14th Chemical Service Battalion
Reorganized and redesignated 1 May 1947 as the 14th Chemical Service Battalion
Inactivated 1 July 1949 at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii
Redesignated 18 September 1950 as Headquarters, 479th Chemical Service Battalion, and allotted to the Organized Reserve Corps
Activated 3 October 1950 at Providence, Rhode Island
Reorganized and redesignated 1 May 1952 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 479th Chemical Service Battalion
(Organized Reserve Corps redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)
Reorganized and redesignated 21 November 1953 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 479th Chemical Battalion
Location changed 13 April 1954 to Bristol, Rhode Island
Inactivated in 1968 at Bristol, Rhode Island
Activated 17 September 2002 at Far Rockaway, New York
Element ordered into active military service 19 May 2009 at Far Rockaway, New York; released from active military service 22 June 2010 and reverted to reserve status
Location changed 25 March 2011 to Fort Totten, New York
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
World War II
Asiatic-Pacific Theater,
Streamer without inscription
DECORATIONS
None
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Center of Military History