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Lineage and Honors Information as of 7 September 2016

528th Medical Detachment

  • Constituted 19 February 1944 in the Army of the United States as the 294th Medical Section
  • Activated 25 February 1944 at Camp Grant, Illinois
  • Redesignated 10 April 1945 as the 294th Medical Detachment
  • Inactivated 21 November 1945 at Camp Sibert, Alaska
  • Redesignated 15 November 1950 as the 528th Psychiatric Detachment
  • Activated 4 January 1951 at The Presidio of San Francisco, California
  • Reorganized and redesignated 9 January 1953 as the 528th Medical Detachment and allotted to the Regular Army
  • Inactivated 1 July 1955 in Germany
  • Activated 25 May 1965 at Fort McPherson, Georgia
  • Inactivated 3 September 1968 in Vietnam
  • Activated 21 June 1976 at Fort Benning, Georgia

Campaign Participation Credit

  • World War II
  • Rhineland
  • Central Europe
  • Vietnam
  • Defense
  • Counteroffensive
  • Counteroffensive, Phase II
  • Counteroffensive, Phase III
  • Tet Counteroffensive
  • Counteroffensive, Phase IV
  • Counteroffensive, Phase V
  • Southwest Asia
  • Defense of Saudi Arabia
  • Liberation and Defense of Kuwait
  • Cease-Fire
  • Armed Forces Expeditions
  • Somalia
  • War on Terrorism
  • Iraq:
  • Iraqi Governance
  • National Resolution
  • Iraqi Surge
  • Iraqi Sovereignty

Decorations

  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1966-1967
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOMALIA 1993
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2003-2004
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2008-2009

By Order of the Secretary of the Army:

CHARLES R. BOWERY, JR.
Chief of Military History


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