16th Medical Battalion
Lineage and Honors Information as of 8 November 1996
16th Medical Battalion Lineage
Constituted 21 December 1928 in the Regular Army as the 6th Medical Supply Depot
Activated 25 May 1942 at Fort Sam Houston, Texas
Reorganized and redesignated 24 August 1943 as the 6th Medical Depot Company
Inactivated 18 January 1946 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey
Activated 15 July 1946 at Fort Jackson, South Carolina
Redesignated 1 March 1949 as the 6th Army Medical Depot
Reorganized and redesignated 1 April 1954 as the 6th Medical Depot
Redesignated 1 January 1978 as the 6th Medical Unit
Reorganized and redesignated 16 September 1993 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 16th Medical Battalion (organic elements concurrently constituted and activated)
16th Medical Battalion Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
World War II: European-African-Middle Eastern Theater, Streamer without inscription
Korean War: UN Defensive; UN Offensive; CCF Intervention; First UN Counteroffensive; CCF Spring Offensive; UN Summer-Fall Offensive; Second Korean Winter; Korea, Summer-Fall 1952; Third Korean Winter; Korea, Summer 1953
Decorations
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for KOREA 1953
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for KOREA 1953-1954
Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation for KOREA