Lineage and Honors Information as of 16 June 2011
730th MEDICAL COMPANY
Organized and Federally recognized 31 December 1921 in the South Dakota National Guard at Vermillion as Battery F, 147th Field Artillery
Inducted into Federal service 25 November 1940 at Vermillion
Reorganized and redesignated 31 December 1943 as Battery C, 147th Field Artillery Battalion
Inactivated 17 January 1946 in Japan
Reorganized and Federally recognized 5 March 1947 in the South Dakota National Guard at Vermillion as Company D, 196th Infantry
Ordered into active Federal service 1 September 1950 at Vermillion
(Company D, 196th Infantry [NGUS], organized and Federally recognized 1 September 1952 at Vermillion)
Released from active Federal service 10 October 1954 and reverted to state control; concurrently, Federal recognition withdrawn from Company D, 196th Infantry (NGUS)
Converted, reorganized, and redesignated 15 September 1956 as Battery C, 260th Field Artillery Battalion
Converted, reorganized, and redesignated 1 September 1959 as the Wire Platoon, 115th Signal Company
Reorganized and redesignated 1 November 1963 as Communication Sub-Center 2, 115th Signal Company
Converted, reorganized, and redesignated 4 January 1968 as the 2d and 3d Clearing Platoons, 730th Medical Company
Ordered into active Federal service 21 November 1990 at Vermillion; released from active Federal service 6 May 1991 and reverted to state control
Reorganized and redesignated 1 September 1993 as the 730th Medical Company
Reorganized and redesignated 1 October 1995 as Company B, 109th Medical Battalion
Ordered into active Federal service 24 February 2003 at Vermillion; released from active Federal service 6 June 2004 and reverted to state control
Reorganized and redesignated 1 September 2008 as the 730th Medical Company
HOME STATION: Vermillion
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
World War II
East Indies
New Guinea (with arrowhead)
Bismarck Archipelago
Luzon (with arrowhead)
Southwest Asia
Liberation and Defense of Kuwait
Cease-Fire
War on Terrorism
Campaigns to be determined
DECORATIONS
Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 1944 TO 4 JULY 1945
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Center of Military History