Lineage and Honors Information as of 20 November 2012
801st COMBAT SUPPORT HOSPITAL
- Constituted in July 1923 in the Organized Reserves as the 28th Station Hospital
- Organized 20 November 1937 at Buffalo, New York
- Ordered into active military service 4 May 1942 and reorganized at Fort Bragg, North Carolina
- Inactivated 2 January 1946 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey
- Redesignated 4 September 1947 as the 801st Station Hospital
- Activated 1 October 1947 at Chicago, Illinois
- (Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)
- Inactivated 15 November 1950 at Chicago, Illinois
- Redesignated 27 May 1952 as the 801st General Hospital
- Activated 1 July 1952 at Chicago, Illinois
- Location changed about 1990 to Fort Sheridan, Illinois
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 September 1995 as the 801st Combat Support Hospital
- Ordered into active military service 24 February 2003 at Fort Sheridan, Illinois; released from active military service 24 November 2004 and reverted to reserve status
- (Element ordered into active military service 28 February 2011 at Fort Sheridan, Illinois; released from active military service 21 January 2012 and reverted to reserve status)
- (Additional elements ordered into active military service for the War on Terrorism)
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
- World War II
- Northern France
- War on Terrorism
- Campaigns to be determined
DECORATIONS
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Center of Military History
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