Lineage and Honors Information as of 5 May 2016
550th Medical Company
- Constituted 19 March 1942 in the Army of the United States as Company B, 36th Medical Battalion
- Activated 20 April 1942 at Camp Forrest, Tennessee
- Redesignated 19 September 1942 as Company B, 36th Medical Ambulance Battalion
- Reorganized and redesignated 2 February 1944 as the 550th Ambulance Company, Motor
- Reorganized and redesginated 12 April 1945 as the 550th Motor Ambulance Company
- Inactivated 10 March 1946 in Italy
- Redesignated 13 August 1951 as the 550th Medical Ambulance Company and allotted to the Regular Army
- Activated 7 September 1951 at Camp Polk, Louisiana
- Reorganized and redesignated 20 April 1953 as the 550th Medical Company
- Inactivated 15 October 1965 in France
- Activated 16 August 2002 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina
Campaign Participation Credit
- World War II
- Sicily (with arrowhead)
- Naples-Foggia
- Rome-Arno
- North Apennines
- Po Valley
- War on Terrorism
- Iraq:
- Iraqi Governance
- Iraqi Sovereignty
Decorations
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered ITALY
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2009-2010
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
CHARLES R. BOWERY, JR.
Chief of Military History
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