832th MEDICAL COMPANY

Organized and Federally recognized 28 May 1920 in the Wisconsin National Guard at Watertown as Troop D, 105th Cavalry
Redesignated 1 May 1929 as Troop K, 105th Cavalry
Converted and redesignated 1 October 1940 as Battery F, 126th Field Artillery, an element of the 32d Division
Inducted into Federal service 15 October 1940 at Watertown
Redesignated 1 February 1942 as Battery C, 173d Field Artillery, concurrently, relieved from assignment to the 32d Division (later redesignated as the 32d Infantry Division)
Reorganized and redesignated 24 February 1943 as Battery C, 173d Field Artillery Battalion
Inactivated 11 September 1945 in Italy
Reorganized and Federally recognized 15 November 1947 in the Wisconsin National Guard at Watertown as Company M, 426th Infantry, an element of the 32d Infantry Division
Reorganized and redesignated 15 February 1959 as Company C, 3d Battle Group, 127th Infantry, an element of the 32d Infantry Division
Ordered into active Federal service 15 October 1961 at Watertown; released from active Federal service 10 August 1962 and reverted to state control
Converted and redesignated 1 April 1963 as Headquarters Company, 32d Aviation Battalion, an element of the 32d Infantry Division
Reorganized and redesignated 14 February 1964 as Headquarters Detachment, 32d Aviation Battalion
Location changed 1 December 1964 to West Bend
Consolidated 30 December 1967 with Company A, 32d Aviation Battalion (organized and Federally recognized 1 April 1963 at Watertown); consolidated unit reorganized and redesignated as the 32d Aviation Company, an element of the 32d Infantry Division (32d Infantry Division concurrently reorganized and redesignated as the 32d Infantry Brigade)
Consolidated 1 April 1971 with the Aircraft Maintenance Platoon, Company D, 132d Support Battalion (organized and Federally recognized 19 December 1949 at Port Washington); consolidated unit redesignated as the 53d Aviation Company, and relieved from assignment to the 32d Infantry Brigade
Reorganized and redesignated 1 January 1972 as Detachment 1, 53d Aviation Company
Converted, reorganized, and redesignated 30 September 1978 as Detachment 1, Headquarters Company, 32d Infantry Brigade
Consolidated 1 September 1990 with Detachment 1, Headquarters Company, 264th Engineer Group (organized and Federally recognized 8 April 1989 at West Bend), and consolidated unit converted, reorganized, and redesignated as the 841st Medical Company
Reorganized and redesignated 1 October 1991 as the 832d Medical Company
Ordered into active Federal service 31 January 1997 at West Bend; released from active Federal service 26 October 1997 and reverted to state control
Ordered into active Federal service 28 January 2003 at West Bend; released from active Federal service 27 January 2004 and reverted to state control
HOME STATION: West Bend (less detachments at Winder, Georgia, and Bismarck, North Dakota)

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

World War II
Rome-Arno
Naples-Foggia
North Apennines
Po Valley

War on Terrorism
Campaigns to be determined

DECORATIONS

None

BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:

ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Center of Military History