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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

  • None

BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:

ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Center of Military History


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