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Lineage and Honors Information as of 31 August 2015

64th Medical Detachment

  • Constituted 23 April 1943 in the Army of the United States as the HH Veterinary Detachment
  • Activated 25 July 1943 at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana
  • Reorganized and redesignated 5 August 1944 as the 90th Medical Composite Section
  • Redesignated 3 April 1945 as the 90th Veterinary Food Inspection Detachment
  • Inactivated 30 October 1945 in India
  • Redesignated 28 October 1954 as the 64th Medical Detachment and allotted to the Regular Army
  • Activated 17 December 1954 in Germany

Campaign Participation Credit

  • World War II
  • India-Burma
  • War on Terrorism
  • Afghanistan:
  • Consolidation III
  • Transition I
  • (Additional campaigns to be determined)

Decorations

  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2009
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN 2011-2012

By Order of the Secretary of the Army:

RICHARD W. STEWART
Chief of Military History


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