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Lineage and Honors Information as of 16 August 2016

23d Military History Detachment

  • Constituted 23 March 1966 in the Regular Army as the 23d Military History Detachment
  • Activated 20 May 1966 at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland
  • Inactivated 20 March 1972 in Vietnam
  • Withdrawn 18 May 2006 from the Regular Army and allotted to the Army Reserve
  • Activated 8 August 2007 at Chattanooga, Tennessee

Campaign Participation Credit

  • Vietnam
  • Counteroffensive, Phase II
  • Counteroffensive, Phase III
  • 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
  • War on Terrorism
  • Campaigns to be determined

Decorations

  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1966-1967
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1967-1968
  • 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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