Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment
226th Medical Battalion
Lineage and Honors Information as of 16 June 1993
Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment
226th Medical Battalion Lineage
Constituted 5 August 1917 in the National Army as the Medical Detachment, 307th Ammunition Train, an element of the 82d Division
Organized in October 1917 at Camp Gordon, Georgia
Demobilized 18-23 May 1919 at Camp Upton, New York
Reconstituted 24 June 1921 in the Organized Reserves as the Medical Detachment, 307th Ammunition Train, an element of the 82d Division
Organized in January 1922 at Newberry, South Carolina
Reorganized and redesignated 13 February 1942 as the Medical Detachment, 907th Field Artillery Battalion
Ordered into active military service 25 March 1942 and reorganized at Camp Claiborne, Louisiana
Reorganized and redesignated 15 August 1942 as the Medical Detachment, 907th Glider Field Artillery Battalion, an element of the 101st Airborne Division
Inactivated 30 November 1945 in France
Redesignated 18 June 1948 as the Clearing Company, 501st Airborne Medical Battalion, an element of the 101st Airborne Division
Allotted 25 June 1948 to the Regular Army
Activated 28 August 1948 at Camp Breckinridge, Kentucky
Inactivated 22 April 1949 at Camp Breckinridge, Kentucky
Activated 25 August 1950 at Camp Breckinridge, Kentucky
Inactivated 1 December 1953 at Camp Breckinridge, Kentucky
Activated 15 May 1954 at Fort Jackson, South Carolina
Inactivated 25 April 1957 at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, and relieved from assignment to the 101st Airborne Division; concurrently redesignated as the 226th Medical Company
Activated 22 September 1957 in Germany
Inactivated 26 December 1961 in Germany
Redesignated 16 September 1980 as the 226th Medical Unit and activated in Germany
Reorganized and redesignated 17 January 1992 as the 226th Medical Battalion (organic elements concurrently constituted and activated)
Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment
226th Medical Battalion Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
World War I: Lorraine 1918; St. Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne
World War II: Normandy (with arrowhead); Rhineland (with arrowhead); Ardennes-Alsace; Central Europe
Decorations
Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for BASTOGNE
Army Superior Unit Award for 1990-1991
French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II for NORMANDY
Belgian Croix de Guerre 1940 with Palm for BASTOGNE; cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action at BASTOGNE
Belgian Fourragere 1940
Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in FRANCE and BELGIUM
Netherlands Orange Lanyard