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