43d Medical Detachment
Lineage and Honors Information as of 22 May 2001
43d Medical Detachment Lineage
Constituted 20 March 1944 in the Army of the United States as the 43d Veterinary Detachment
Activated 6 July 1944 in China
Reorganized and redesignated 16 March 1945 as the 43d Veterinary Animal Service Detachment
Inactivated 20 September 1945 in China
Redesignated 13 August 1951 as Headquarters, 43d Veterinary Service Detachment and allotted to the Regular Army
Activated 22 August 1951 at Camp Carson, Colorado
Reorganized and redesignated 15 January 1953 as Headquarters, 43d Medical Detachment
Reorganized and redesignated 3 December 1954 as the 43d Medical Detachment
Inactivated 23 February 1967 in France
Activated 26 May 1967 at Fort Sam Houston, Texas
Inactivated 26 December 1971 in Vietnam
Activated 1 October 1993 at Fort Hood, Texas
43d Medical Detachment Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
World War II-AP: China Defensive; China Offensive
Vietnam: 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
Decorations
None