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Lineage and Honors Information as of 21 September 2014

555th Medical Detachment

  • Constituted 29 January 1945 in the Army of the United States as the 555th Medical Optical Repair Detachment
  • Activated 13 February 1945 in France
  • Reorganized and redesignated 9 December 1951 as the 555th Optical Repair Detachment and allotted to the Regular Army
  • Reorganized and redesignated 25 January 1953 as the 555th Medical Detachment
  • Inactivated 20 January 1955 in Korea
  • Redesignated 7 July 1965 as the 555th Dental Detachment
  • Activated 19 July 1965 at Fort Sam Houston, Texas
  • Redesignated 30 April 1968 as the 555th Medical Detachment
  • Inactivated 25 June 1969 on Okinawa
  • Activated 21 June 1976 at Fort Hood, Texas

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

  • World War II
  • European-African-Middle Eastern
  • Theater, Streamer without inscription
  • Korean War
  • First UN Counteroffensive
  • CCF Spring Offensive
  • UN Summer-Fall Offensive
  • Second Korean Winter
  • Korea, Summer-Fall 1952
  • Third Korean Winter
  • Korea, Summer 1953
  • War on Terrorism
  • Afghanistan:
  • Consolidation III
  • Iraq:
  • Transition of Iraq
  • Iraqi Governance
  • (Additional campaigns to be determined)

DECORATIONS

  • Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2003
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2005
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN 2010-2011
  • Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 1951-1952

BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:

ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Center of Military History


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