Lineage And Honors Information
Lineage and Honors Information as of 17 February 2012
212th MEDICAL DETACHMENT
- Constituted 3 January 1944 in the Army of the United States as the 212th Malaria Survey Unit
- Activated 1 February 1944 in Senegal
- Reorganized and redesignated 10 October 1944 as the 212th Medical Composite Unit
- Reorganized and redesignated 15 April 1945 as the 212th Malaria Survey Detachment
- Inactivated 4 August 1950 at Brooke Army Medical Center, Texas
- Redesignated 27 September 1951 as the 212th Psychiatric Detachment and allotted to the Regular Army
- Activated 15 November 1951 in Korea
- Reorganized and redesignated 25 January 1953 as the 212th Medical Detachment
- Inactivated 20 December 1954 in Korea
- Activated 25 February 1967 at Fort Polk, Louisiana
- Inactivated 15 May 1968 at Fort Polk, Louisiana
- Activated 10 January 1969 at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland
- Inactivated 29 March 1973 at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland
- Activated 21 June 1976 at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland
- Inactivated 15 September 1992 at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland
- Activated 16 October 2005 at Fort Campbell, Kentucky
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
- World War II
- European-African-Middle Eastern Theater, Streamer without inscription
- Korean War
- UN Summer-Fall Offensive
- Second Korean Winter
- Korea, Summer-Fall 1952
- Third Korean Winter
- Korea, Summer 1953
- War on Terrorism
- Iraq:
- Iraqi Sovereignty
- (additional campaigns to be determined)
DECORATIONS
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered KOREA 1952-1953
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered KOREA 1953-1954
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2006-2007
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Center of Military History