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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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