Constituted 26 March 1929 in the Regular Army as Company A, 16th Medical Regiment

Activated 21 October 1939 at Fort Adams, Rhode Island

Reorganized and redesignated 21 August 1943 as the 401st Collecting Company

Redesignated 19 January 1945 as the 401st Medical Collecting Company

Inactivated 11 September 1945 in Italy

Redesignated 28 August 1951 as the 501st Armored Medical Company

Activated 20 October 1951 in Germany

Inactivated 25 July 1965 in Germany

Redesignated 7 May 2007 as the 501st Medical Company

Activated 16 October 2008 at Fort Campbell, Kentucky

 

 

                                                                        
                                                             CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

                                                             World  War II
                                                             Tunisia
                                                             Northern Apennines
                                                             Po Valley

 

                                                            War on Terrorism
                                                            (Campaigns to be determined)

 

DECORATIONS

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered ITALY 1945

           

 

BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY: