Lineage and Honors Information as of 17 February 2012
438th MEDICAL DETACHMENT
- Constituted 4 December 1945 in the Army of the United States as the 438th Medical Prophylactic Detachment
- Activated 7 January 1946 in Korea
- Inactivated 30 September 1946 in Korea
- Redesignated 1 June 1966 as the 438th Medical Detachment, allotted to the Regular Army, and activated at Fort Sam Houston, Texas
- Inactivated 15 March 1971 in Vietnam
- Activated 26 June 1972 at Fort Belvoir, Virginia
- Inactivated 15 September 1987 at Fort Belvoir, Virginia
- Activated 16 October 2010 at Fort Carson, Colorado
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
- Vietnam
- Counteroffensive, Phase II
- Counteroffensive, Phase III
- Tet Counteroffensive
- Counteroffensive, Phase IV
- Counteroffensive, Phase V
- Counteroffensive, Phase VI
- Tet 69/Counteroffensive
- Summer-Fall 1969
- Winter-Spring 1970
- Sanctuary Counteroffensive
- Counteroffensive, Phase VII
DECORATIONS
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Center of Military History
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