Lineage and Honors Information as of 31 August 2015
Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment,
261st Medical Battalion
- Constituted 12 June 1942 in the Army of the United States as the 261st Medical Battalion
- Activated 15 June 1942 at Camp Edwards, Massachusetts
- Disbanded 28 January 1945 in France
- Reconstituted 1 October 1991 in the Regular Army
- Activated 16 September 1992 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina
- Reorganized 16 August 2002 to consist of Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 261st Medical Battalion (organic elements concurrently inactivated)
Campaign Participation Credit
- World War II
- Sicily (with arrowhead)
- Naples-Foggia
- Rome-Arno
- Normandy (with arrowhead)
- Northern France
- War on Terrorism
- Iraq:
- Iraqi Governance
- National Resolution
- Iraqi Surge
- (Additional campaigns to be determined)
Decorations
- Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered NORMANDY
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2005
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2007-2008
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2010-2011
- French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II, Streamer embroidered NORMANDY BEACHES
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
RICHARD W. STEWART
Chief of Military History
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