Lineage And Honors Information
Lineage and Honors Information as of 2 July 2013
212st Combat Support Hospital
- Constituted 28 December 1917 in the National Army as Evacuation Hospital No. 12
- Organized 3 January 1918 at Fort Riley, Kansas
- Demobilized 7 July 1919 at Camp Dodge, Iowa
- Reconstituted 10 November 1936 in the Organized Reserves; concurrently consolidated with the 12th Evacuation Hospital (constituted in July 1923 in the Organized Reserves as Evacuation Hospital No. 12; organized by 13 April 1925 at Boston, Massachusetts, as the 12th Evacuation Hospital) and consolidated unit designated as the 12th Evacuation Hospital
- Ordered into active military service 25 August 1942 and reorganized at Fort H.G. Wright, New York
- Inactivated 6 January 1946 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey
- (Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps)
- Redesignated 4 January 1952 as the 12th Evacuation Hospital, Semimobile; concurrently withdrawn from the Organized Reserve Corps and allotted to the Regular Army
- Activated 1 February 1952 at Fort Lewis, Washington
- Reorganized and redesignated 10 June 1953 as the 12th Evacuation Hospital
- Inactivated 15 December 1970 at Fort Lewis, Washington
- Activated 16 January 1983 in Germany
- Reorganized and redesignated 16 January 1992 as the 212th Surgical Hospital
- Reorganized and redesignated 16 October 2006 as the 212th Combat Support Hospital
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
- World War I
- St. Mihiel
- World War II
- Northern France
- Rhineland
- Ardennes-Alsace
- Central Europe
- Vietnam
- Counteroffensive, Phase II
- Counteroffensive, Phase III
- Tet Counteroffensive
- Counteroffensive, Phase IV
- Counteroffensive, Phase V
- Counteroffensive, Phase VI
- Tet 69/Counteroffensive
- Summer-Fall 1969
- Winter-Spring 1970
- Sanctuary Counteroffensive
- Counteroffensive, Phase VII
- Southwest Asia
- Defense of Saudi Arabia
- Liberation and Defense of Kuwait
- Cease-Fire
- War on Terrorism
- Campaigns to be determined
DECORATIONS
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered EUROPEAN THEATER
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1966-1967
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1968-1969
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1969-1970
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA 2003
- Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 1995-1996
- Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1966-1968
- Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1968-1970
- Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1966-1970
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Center of Military History