Lineage And Honors Information
Lineage and Honors Information as of 25 August 2016
71st Chemical Company
(Dragon Fire)
- Constituted 16 May 1942 in the Army of the United States as the 71st Chemical Company
- Activated 25 May 1942 at Edgewood Arsenal, Maryland
- Reorganized and redesignated 10 November 1942 as the 71st Chemical Smoke Generator Company
- Inactivated 25 January 1946 on Okinawa
- Activated 10 April 1946 at Edgewood Arsenal, Maryland
- Allotted 20 November 1951 to the Regular Army
- Reorganized and redesignated 15 March 1954 as the 71st Chemical Company
- Inactivated 28 March 1955 at Uijongbu, Korea
- Activated 16 October 1986 at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii
Campaign Participation Credit
- World War II
- Ryukyus
- Korean War
- Third Korean Winter
- Korea, Summer 1953
Decorations
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered KOREA 1953
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
CHARLES R. BOWERY, JR.
Chief of Military History