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Lineage and Honors Information as of 7 September 2016

172d Medical Detachment

  • Constituted 7 October 1944 in the Army of the United States as the 172d Medical Service Detachment
  • Activated 22 November 1944 in England
  • Redesignated 10 April 1945 as the 172d Medical Automotive Maintenance Detachment
  • Inactivated 18 September 1945 in England
  • Redesignated 18 April 1951 as the 172d Medical Equipment Maintenance Detachment and allotted to the Regular Army
  • Activated 1 May 1951 at St. Louis, Missouri
  • Reorganized and redesignated 20 November 1952 as the 172d Medical Detachment
  • Inactivated 15 October 1953 at St. Louis, Missouri
  • Redesignated 31 October 1967 as the 172d Preventive Medicine Unit
  • Activated 8 January 1968 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina
  • Inactivated 31 May 1972 in Vietnam
  • Redesignated 21 September 1972 as the 172d Medical Detachment and activated at Fort Ord, California

Campaign Participation Credit

  • World War II
  • European-African-Middle Eastern Theater,
  • Streamer without inscription
  • Vietnam
  • 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
  • Cease-Fire
  • War on Terrorism
  • Campaigns to be determined

Decorations

  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1968-1969
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN 2008-2009
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN 2014-2015
  • Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 1996

By Order of the Secretary of the Army:

CHARLES R. BOWERY, JR.
Chief of Military History


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