Lineage and Honors Information as of 16 June 2016
463d Medical Detachment
- Constituted 3 January 1945 in the Army of the United States as the 463d Dental Prosthetic Detachment
- Activated 10 February 1945 in the Netherlands
- Inactivated 30 June 1946 in Germany
- Allotted 27 September 1951 to the Regular Army
- Activated 15 November 1951 in Korea
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 February 1953 as the 463d Medical Detachment
- Inactivated 10 May 1955 in Korea
- Activated 21 June 1965 at Fort Sam Houston, Texas
- Inactivated 14 February 1970 in Vietnam
- Activated 16 October 2010 at Fort Benning, Georgia
Campaign Participation Credit
- World War II
- Rhineland
- Central Europe
- Korean War
- UN Summer-Fall Offensive
- Second Korean Winter
- Korea, Summer-Fall 1952
- Third Korean Winter
- Korea, Summer 1953
- Vietnam
- Defense
- Counteroffensive
- Counteroffensive, Phase II
- Counteroffensive, Phase Ill
- Tet Counteroffensive
- Counteroffensive, Phase IV
- Counteroffensive, Phase V
- Counteroffensive, Phase VI
- Tet 69/Counteroffensive
- Summer-Fall 1969
- Winter-Spring 1970
- Sanctuary Counteroffensive
- War on Terrorism
- Campaigns to be determined
Decorations
- Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 1953-
1953
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
CHARLES R. BOWERY, JR.
Chief of Military History
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