591st Medical Company
(Responsive and Relentless)
Lineage and Honors Information as of 17 June 2002
591st Medical Company Lineage
Constituted 9 February 1943 in the Army of the United States as Company B, 429th Medical Ambulance Battalion
Activated 4 March 1943 at Camp Van Dorn, Mississippi
Reorganized and redesignated 5 September 1943 as the 591st Ambulance Company, Motor
Reorganized and redesignated 15 March 1945 as the 591st Motor Ambulance Company
Inactivated 13 August 1946 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey
Redesignated 21 August 1950 as the 591st Medical Ambulance Company
Activated 10 September 1950 at Fort Campbell, Kentucky
Allotted 19 June 1951 to the Regular Army
Redesignated 20 April 1953 as the 591st Medical Company
Inactivated 26 June 1972 at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland
Activated 16 June 2002 at Fort Sam Houston, Texas
591st Medical Company Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
World War II - EAME: Normandy; Northern France; Rhineland; Ardennes-Alsace; Central Europe
Decorations
None