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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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