Lineage and Honors Information as of 16 May 2012
328th SUPPORT BATTALION
- Constituted 10 July 1916 in the Pennsylvania National Guard as the Sanitary Train, 7th Division
- Organized 30 September 1916 at Camp Stewart, Texas, from two ambulance companies and two field hospitals mustered into Federal service 18 June and 9 July 1916; mustered out of Federal service 18 October 1916 and 22-23 January 1917
- Mustered into Federal service 18-24 July 1917; drafted into Federal service 5 August 1917
- (7th Division reorganized and redesignated 1 September 1917 as the 28th Division)
- Reorganized and redesignated 11 October 1917 as the 103d Sanitary Train
- Demobilized 18 May 1919 at Camp Dix, New Jersey
- Reorganized 1 April 1921 in the Pennsylvania National Guard as the 103d Medical Regiment and assigned to the 28th Division (later redesignated as the 28th Infantry Division); Headquarters Federally recognized 15 December 1921 at Harrisburg
- (Location of Headquarters changed 18 December 1924 to Coraopolis; on 23 June 1935 to Lancaster)
- Inducted into Federal service 17 February 1941 at home stations
- Reorganized and redesignated 17 February 1942 as the 103d Medical Battalion
- Inactivated 27 October 1945 at Camp Shelby, Mississippi
- Reorganized and Federally recognized 23 September 1947 in the Pennsylvania Army National Guard at Lancaster as the 103d Medical Battalion, an element of the 28th Infantry Division
- Ordered into active Federal service 5 September 1950 at Lancaster
- (103d Medical Battalion [NGUS] organized and Federally recognized 3 September 1953 with Headquarters at Lancaster)
- Released from active Federal service 15 June 1954 and reverted to state control; Federal recognition concurrently withdrawn from the 103d Medical Battalion (NGUS)
- (Company C allotted 21 January 1968 to the Maryland Army National Guard; Company D allotted 1 February 1968 to the Virginia Army National Guard; Companies C and D reallotted 1 April 1975 to the Pennsylvania Army National Guard)
- Converted, reorganized, and redesignated 1 March 1992 as the 328th Support Battalion and remained assigned to the 28th Infantry Division
- Ordered into active Federal service 19 September 2008 at home stations; released from active Federal service 23 October 2009 and reverted to state control
- HOME AREA: Eastern Pennsylvania
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
- World War I
- Aisne-Marne
- Oise-Aisne
- Meuse-Argonne
- Champagne 1918
- Lorraine 1918
- World War II
- Normandy
- Northern France
- Rhineland
- Ardennes-Alsace
- Central Europe
- War on Terrorism
- Campaigns to be determined
Headquarters Company (Lancaster), additionally entitled to:
- War with Spain
- Puerto Rico
- World War I
- Champagne-Marne
- World War II
- Algeria-French Morocco (with arrowhead)
- Tunisia
- Naples-Foggia (with arrowhead)
- Rome-Arno
- Rhineland
- Southwest Asia
- Defense of Saudi Arabia
- Liberation and Defense of Kuwait
- Cease-Fire
Company B (Philadelphia), additionally entitled to:
- World War I
- Champagne-Marne
- Ypres-Lys
- World War II
- Central Pacific
- Eastern Mandates
- Western Pacific
DECORATIONS
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2009
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered EUROPEAN THEATER
- Luxembourg Croix de Guerre, Streamer embroidered LUXEMBOURG
- Headquarters Company (Lancaster), additionally entitled to:
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA 1990-1991
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Center of Military History
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