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Lineage and Honors Information as of 16 August 2016

20th Military History Detachment

  • Constituted 28 October 1966 in the Regular Army as the 20th Military History Detachment
  • Activated 1 December 1966 at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland
  • Inactivated 26 January 1967 at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland
  • Activated 8 January 1968 at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland
  • Inactivated 30 April 1972 in Vietnam
  • Withdrawn 18 May 2006 from the Regular Army and allotted to the Army Reserve
  • Activated 17 September 2008 at Chattanooga, Tennessee

Campaign Participation Credit

  • Vietnam
  • Tet Counteroffensive
  • Counteroffensive, Phase IV
  • Counteroffensive, Phase V
  • Counteroffensive, Phase VI
  • Tet 69/Counteroffensive
  • Summer-Fall 1969
  • Winter-Spring 1970
  • Sanctuary Counteroffensive
  • Counteroffensive, Phase VII
  • Consolidation I
  • Consolidation II
  • Cease-Fire
  • War on Terrorism
  • Campaigns to be determined

Decorations

  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2011

By Order of the Secretary of the Army:

CHARLES R. BOWERY, JR.
Chief of Military History


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