238th Air Defense Artillery Detachment
Lineage and Honors Information as of 2 October 2001
238th Air Defense Artillery Detachment Lineage
Constituted 27 April 1951 in the Regular Army as the 38th Field Artillery Countermortar Radar Detachment
Activated 15 May 1951 at Fort Sill, Oklahoma
Inactivated 28 October 1951 in Korea
Redesignated 12 October 1965 as the 238th Artillery Detachment and activated at Fort Hood, Texas
Inactivated 22 February 1970 in Vietnam
Redesignated 20 April 2001 as the 238th Air Defense Artillery Detachment
Activated 27 July 2001 at Fort Bliss, Texas
238th Air Defense Artillery Detachment Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
Korean War: UN Summer-Fall Offensive
Vietnam: Counteroffensive; 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
Decorations
Presidential Unit Citation (Navy) for QUANG TRI
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for VIETNAM 1967-1968
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for VIETNAM 1968-1969
Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation for KOREA 1951
Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm for VIETNAM 1966-1970