Lineage and Honors Information as of 7 September 2016
501st Medical Company
- Constituted 26 March 1929 in the Regular Army as Company A, 16th Medical Regiment
- Activated 21 October 1939 at Fort Adams, Rhode Island
- Reorganized and redesignated 21 August 1943 as the 401st Collecting Company
- Redesignated 19 January 1945 as the 401st Medical Collecting Company
- Inactivated 11 September 1945 in Italy
- Redesignated 28 August 1951 as the 501st Armored Medical Company
- Activated 20 October 1951 in Germany
- Inactivated 25 July 1965 in Germany
- Redesignated 7 May 2007 as the 501st Medical Company
- Activated 16 October 2008 at Fort Campbell, Kentucky
Campaign Participation Credit
- World War II
- Tunisia
- North Apennines
- Po Valley
- War on Terrorism
- Iraq:
- Iraqi Sovereignty
Decorations
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered ITALY 1945
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2009-2010
- Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 2014-2015
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
CHARLES R. BOWERY, JR.
Chief of Military History
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