Lineage And Honors Information
Lineage and Honors Information as of 3 April 2012
987th MEDICAL DETACHMENT
- Constituted 6 December 1944 in the Army of the United States as the 987th Medical Hospital Ship Platoon, Separate
- Activated 8 January 1945 at Fort Lewis, Washington
- Inactivated 25 March 1946 in the Philippines
- Allotted 30 June 1947 to the Organized Reserve Corps
- (Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)
- Activated 11 July 1947 at Kingsville, Texas
- Inactivated 8 March 1950 at Kingsville, Texas
- Redesignated 16 September 1987 as the 987th Medical Detachment and activated at San Diego, California
- Inactivated 15 February 1993 at San Diego, California
- Activated 16 September 2011 at Ogden, Utah
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
- World War II
- European-African-Middle Eastern Theater, Streamer without inscription
- Asiatic-Pacific Theater, Streamer without inscription
DECORATIONS
- None
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Center of Military History