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2d Medical Detachment

Lineage and Honors Information as of 30 May 2001

2d Medical Detachment Lineage

Constituted 1 October 1933 in the Regular Army as the 2d Medical Laboratory

Activated 1 August 1940 at Fort Sam Houston, Texas

Reorganized and redesignated 20 December 1944 as the 2d Medical Service Detachment

Redesignated 21 March 1945 as the 2d Medical Laboratory

Inactivated 31 October 1945 at Camp Siebert, Alabama

Redesignated 18 April 1951 as the 2d Central Dental Laboratory

Activated 1 May 1951 at Fort Sam Houston, Texas

Reorganized and redesignated 9 January 1953 as the 2d Medical Detachment

Inactivated 30 April 1971 in Germany

Activated 16 December 1980 in Germany

Inactivated 15 July 1992 in Germany

Activated 16 October 2000 at Fort Carson, Colorado

2d Medical Detachment Honors

Campaign Participation Credit

World War II-EAME: Naples-Foggia; Anzio; Rome-Arno; North Apennines; Po Valley

Southwest Asia: Defense of Saudi Arabia; Liberation and Defense of Kuwait

Decorations

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for EUROPEAN THEATER


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