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- Withdrawn 18 May 2006 from the Regular Army and allotted to the Army Reserve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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