Lineage And Honors Information
Lineage and Honors Information as of 18 April 2016
946th Medical Detachment
- Constituted 1 June 1945 in the Army of the United States as the 946th Veterinary Food Inspection Detachment
- Activated 11 June 1945 in India
- Inactivated 19 October 1945 in India
- Redesignated 11 August 1965 as the 946th Medical Detachment and allotted to the Regular Army
- Activated 1 September 1965 at Fort McPherson, Georgia
- Inactivated 3 September 1968 in Vietnam
- Withdrawn 1 August 1996 from the Regular Army and allotted to the Army Reserve
- Activated 16 November 1997 at Mobile, Alabama
- Ordered into active military service 25 March 2003 at Mobile, Alabama; released from active military service 20 October 2003 and reverted to reserve status
- Ordered into active military service 3 January 2011 at Mobile, Alabama; released from active military service 6 February 2012 and reverted to reserve status
- Ordered into active military service 22 May 2015 at Mobile, Alabama
Campaign Participation Credit
- World War II
- Asiatic-Pacific Theater,
- Streamer without inscription
- Vietnam
- Defense
- Counteroffensive
- Counteroffensive, Phase II
- Counteroffensive, Phase III
- Tet Counteroffensive
- Counteroffensive, Phase IV
- Counteroffensive, Phase V
- War on Terrorism
- Campaigns to be determined
Decorations
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1966-1967
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
CHARLES R. BOWERY, JR.
Chief of Military History