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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