Lineages and Honors Information
Hospitals
Lineage and Honors Information as of 28 June 2017
47th Combat Support Hospital
- Constituted 21 December 1928 in the Regular Army as the 47th Surgical Hospital
- Redesignated 31 May 1943 as the 47th Portable Surgical Hospital
- Activated 7 June 1943 at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri
- Inactivated 3 November 1945 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey
- Redesignated 24 November 1952 as the 47th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital
- Activated 2 February 1953 in Korea
- Reorganized and redesignated 25 March 1953 as the 47th Surgical Hospital
- Inactivated 15 November 1957 at Fort Riley, Kansas
- Activated 10 January 1968 at Fort Lewis, Washington
- Reorganized and redesignated 21 May 1973 as the 47th Combat Support Hospital
Campaign Participation Credit
- World War II
- China Defensive
- China Offensive
- Korean War
- Third Korean Winter
- Korea, Summer 1953
- Southwest Asia
- Defense of Saudi Arabia
- Liberation and Defense of Kuwait
- Cease-Fire
- War on Terrorism
- Campaigns to be determined
Decorations
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered KOREA 1953
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA 1990-1991
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2005-2006
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2009-2010
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
CHARLES R. BOWERY, JR.
Chief of Military History