Lineage And Honors Information
Lineage and Honors Information as of 3 October 2016
250th Medical Detachment
- Constituted 19 February 1944 in the Army of the United States as the 250th Medical Section
- Activated 25 February 1944 at Camp Grant, Illinois
- Redesignated 10 April 1945 as the 250th Medical Detachment
- Inactivated 27 June 1946 in Germany
- Redesignated 27 September 1951 as the 250th 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 250th Medical Detachment and activated at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland
Campaign Participation Credit
- World War II
- Central Europe
- Korean War
- UN Summer-Fall Offensive
- Second Korean Winter
- Korea, Summer-Fall 1952
- Third Korean Winter
- Southwest Asia
- Defense of Saudi Arabia
- Liberation and Defense of Kuwait
- Cease-Fire
- War on Terrorism
- Iraq:
- Liberation of Iraq (with arrowhead)
- Transition of Iraq
- (Additional campaigns to be determined)
Decorations
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2003
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2006-2007
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN 2010
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
CHARLES R. BOWERY, JR.
Chief of Military History