Lineage And Honors Information
Lineage and Honors Information as of 2 February 2015
993d Medical Detachment
- Constituted 30 December 1942 in the Army of the United States as the 547th Platoon (Separate) Ship Hospital
- Redesignated 1 March 1943 as the 547th Medical Hospital Ship Platoon
- Activated 25 February 1943 at Camp Myles Standish, Massachusetts
- Inactivated 29 September 1945 at Fort Hamilton, New York
- Redesignated 25 March 1948 as the 993d Medical Hospital Ship Platoon and allotted to the Organized Reserves
- Activated 28 April 1948 at Springfield, Ohio
- Inactivated 19 October 1950 at Springfield, Ohio
- (Organized Reserve Corps redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)
- Redesignated 16 September 1987 as the 993d Medical Detachment and activated at Aurora, Colorado
- Ordered into active military service 7 December 2003 at Aurora, Colorado; released from active military service 3 June 2005
- (Element ordered into active military service 9 November 2008 at Aurora, Colorado; released from active military service 13 December 2009)
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
- World War II
- European-African-Middle Easter Theater,
- Streamer without inscription
- War on Terrorism
- Campaigns to be determined
DECORATIONS
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN 2009
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
Richard W. Stewart, Ph.D.
Chief of Military History