Lineage And Honors Information
Lineage and Honors Information as of 14 September 2014
915th Medical Detachment
- Constituted 13 February 1945 in the Army of the United States as the 915th Veterinary Food Inspection Detachment
- Activated 25 February 1945 in China
- Inactivated 23 October 1945 in China
- Redesignated 30 July 1965 as the 915th Medical Detachment and allotted to the Regular Army
- Activated 11 August 1965 at Fort Sam Houston, Texas
- Inactivated 1 December 1969 in Vietnam
- Allotted 16 February 1998 to the Army Reserve and activated at Vancouver, Washington
- Ordered into active military service 24 January 2003 at Vancouver, Washington; released from active military service 23 January 2004 and reverted to reserve status
- Ordered into active military service 6 August 2009 at Vancouver, Washington; released from active military service 9 September 2010 and reverted to reserve status
- Ordered into active military service 23 September 2013 at Vancouver, Washington
- (Additional elements ordered into active military service for the War on Terrorism)
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
- World War II
- China Defensive
- China Offensive
- Vietnam
- Defense
- Counteroffensive
- Counteroffensive, Phase II
- Counteroffensive, Phase III
- Counteroffensive, Phase IV
- Counteroffensive, Phase V
- Counteroffensive, Phase VI
- Tet 69/Counteroffensive
- Summer-Fall 1969
- Winter-Spring 1970
- War on Terrorism
- Iraq:
- Iraqi Sovereignty
- (Additional campaigns to be determined)
DECORATIONS
- Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2003-2004
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2009-2010
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Center of Military History