Lineage and Honors Information as of 27 April 2017
501st Chemical Company
- Constituted 12 August 1943 in the Army of the United States as the 240th Chemical Warfare Composite Company
- Activated 14 August 1943 at Camp Sibert, Alabama
- Reorganized and redesignated 12 February 1945 as the 240th Chemical Service Platoon
- Inactivated 31 August 1946 at Kokura, Japan
- Redesignated 18 January 1949 as the 501st Chemical Service Detachment and allotted to the Regular Army
- Activated 7 February 1949 at Tooele, Utah
- Reorganized and redesignated 10 April 1950 as the 501st Chemical Service Platoon
- Reorganized and redesignated 5 December 1950 as the 501st Chemical Service Company
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 October 1951 as the 501st Chemical Depot Company
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 January 1955 as the 501st Chemical Company
- Inactivated 15 June 1966 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina
- Activated 17 April 1999 at Camp Carroll, Korea
- Inactivated 15 September 2004 at Camp Carroll, Korea
- Activated 16 January 2013 at Camp Stanley, Korea
Campaign Participation Credit
- World War II
- New Guinea
- Leyte
- Luzon
Decorations
- Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 2013-2014
- Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 1944 TO 4 JULY 1945
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
CHARLES R. BOWERY, JR.
Chief of Military History