Lineage And Honors Information
Lineage and Honors Information as of 16 June 2016
Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment
61st Medical Battalion
- Constituted 7 August 1942 in the Army of the United States as the 61st Medical Battalion, Motorized
- Activated 25 September 1942 at Camp Breckinridge, Kentucky
- Battalion broken up 9 May 1944 and its elements reorganized and redesignated as follows:
- Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 61st Medical Battalion
- (Companies A, B, and C, and the Clearing Company, as the 391st, 392d, and 393d Medical Collecting Companies, and the 643d Clearing Company, respectively – hereafter separate lineages)
- Inactivated 12 November 1945 in France
- Allotted 1 March 1963 to the Regular Army
- Activated 26 March 1963 at Fort Campbell, Kentucky
- Inactivated 18 February 1972 at Fort Lewis, Washington
- Activated 15 January 1993 at Fort Hood, Texas (organic elements concurrently constituted and activated)
- Reorganized 16 October 2000 to consist of Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 61st Medical Battalion (organic elements concurrently inactivated)
Campaign Participation Credit
- World War II
- Normandy (with arrowhead)
- Northern France
- Vietnam
- Counteroffensive
- 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
- Consolidation I
- Consolidation II
- War on Terrorism
- Iraq:
- Iraqi Sovereignty
- (Additional campaigns to be determined)
Decorations
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered EUROPEAN THEATER
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1966-1968
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2005-2006
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2009-2010
- Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 1997
- French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II, Streamer embroidered NORMANDY BEACHES
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
CHARLES R. BOWERY, JR.
Chief of Military History