Lineages and Honors Information
Medical
Lineage and Honors Information as of 28 June 2017
601st Medical Company
- Constituted 26 March 1929 in the Regular Army as the 48th Collecting Company, 16th Medical Regiment
- Redesignated 13 July 1936 as Company C, 16th Medical Regiment
- Activated 1 March 1940 at Fort Devens, Massachusetts
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 February 1941 as Company I, 16th Medical Regiment
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 June 1942 as Company D, 16th Medical Regiment
- Reorganized and redesignated 21 August 1943 as the 601st Clearing Company
- Inactivated 8 September 1945 in Italy
- Redesignated 27 October 1962 as the 601st Medical Company
- Activated 1 November 1962 in the Panama Canal Zone
- Inactivated 31 March 1985 in Panama
- Activated 16 August 2002 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina
Campaign Participation Credit
- World War II
- Tunisia
- Rome-Arno
- North Apennines
- Po Valley
- War on Terrorism
- Iraq:
- Iraqi Surge
- Iraqi Sovereignty
Decorations
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2004
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2006
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2008-2009
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN 2010-2011
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
CHARLES R. BOWERY, JR.
Chief of Military History