Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment
421st Medical Battalion
Lineage and Honors Information as of 27 August 1996
Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment
421st Medical Battalion Lineage
Constituted 1 October 1933 in the Regular Army as Company C, 31st Medical Regiment
Activated 15 July 1942 at Camp Barkeley, Texas
Reorganized and redesignated 10 September 1943 as the 421st Collecting Company
Reorganized and redesignated 19 July 1945 as the 421st Medical Collecting Company
Reorganized and redesignated 27 July 1950 as the 421st Medical Collecting Company, Separate
Inactivated 1 April 1953 in Korea
Redesignated 24 July 1961 as the 421st Medical Company
Activated 21 August 1961 in Germany
Reorganized and redesignated 16 October 1988 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 421st Medical Battalion
Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment
421st Medical Battalion Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
World War II: Rhineland; Central Europe
Korean War: UN Offensive; CCF Intervention; First UN Counteroffensive; CCF Spring Offensive; UN Summer-Fall Offensive; Second Korean Winter; Korea, Summer-Fall 1952; Third Korean Winter
Decorations
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for EUROPEAN THEATER
Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation for KOREA 1950-1952