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Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 436th Medical Battalion

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Constituted 17 January 1944 in the Army of the United States as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 436th Medical Battalion

Activated 10 March 1944 in Northern Ireland

Inactivated 23 November 1945 at Camp Myles Standish, Massachusetts

Allotted 5 November 1948 to the Organized Reserve Corps

Activated 30 November 1948 at Greenville, Texas

Inactivated 15 December 1950 at Greenville, Texas

(Organized Reserve Corps redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)

Activated 18 September 1993 at Mesquite, Texas

Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment
436th Medical Battalion Honors

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World War II: Normandy; Northern France; Rhineland; Ardennes-Alsace; Central Europe

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