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Lineage and Honors Information as of 31 August 2015

Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment,
261st Medical Battalion

  • Constituted 12 June 1942 in the Army of the United States as the 261st Medical Battalion
  • Activated 15 June 1942 at Camp Edwards, Massachusetts
  • Disbanded 28 January 1945 in France
  • Reconstituted 1 October 1991 in the Regular Army
  • Activated 16 September 1992 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina
  • Reorganized 16 August 2002 to consist of Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 261st Medical Battalion (organic elements concurrently inactivated)

Campaign Participation Credit

  • World War II
  • Sicily (with arrowhead)
  • Naples-Foggia
  • Rome-Arno
  • Normandy (with arrowhead)
  • Northern France
  • War on Terrorism
  • Iraq:
  • Iraqi Governance
  • National Resolution
  • Iraqi Surge
  • (Additional campaigns to be determined)

Decorations

  • Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered NORMANDY
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2005
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2007-2008
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2010-2011
  • French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II, Streamer embroidered NORMANDY BEACHES

By Order of the Secretary of the Army:

RICHARD W. STEWART
Chief of Military History


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