Lineage And Honors Information
Lineage and Honors Information as of 21 September 2014
248th Medical Detachment
- Constituted 31 May 1942 in the Army of the United States as the Medical Detachment, 802d Military Police Battalion
- Activated 20 June 1942 at Camp Livingston, Louisiana
- Reorganized and redesignated 5 September 1945 as the 248th Medical Detachment
- Inactivated 28 February 1946 in Egypt
- Activated 1 August 1946 at Fort Glenn, Alaska
- Inactivated 23 August 1948 at Cape Air Force Base, Alaska
- Redesignated 27 September 1951 as the 248th Surgical Detachment and allotted to the Regular Army
- Activated 15 November 1951 in Korea
- Inactivated 24 January 1953 in Korea
- Redesignated 21 June 1976 as the 248th Medical Detachment and activated at Fort Jackson, South Carolina
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
- World War II
- European-African-Middle Eastern Theater,
Streamer without inscription - Korean War
- UN Summer-Fall Offensive
- Second Korean Winter
- Korea, Summer-Fall 1952
- Third Korean Winter
- Armed Forces Expeditions
- Grenada
- Southwest Asia
- Defense of Saudi Arabia
- Liberation and Defense of Kuwait
- War on Terrorism
- Iraq:
- Iraqi Sovereignty
- New Dawn
- (Additional campaigns to be determined)
DECORATIONS
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA 1990-1991
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOMALIA 1993
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2004
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2006-2007
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2009-2010
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Center of Military History