232d Medical Battalion


The 232d Medical Battalion is a medical battalion in the United States Army formed in 1944. The unit is a part of the 32d Medical Brigade. The 232nd Medical Battalion, the largest of its kind within the 32nd Medical Brigade, operates under the U.S. Army Medical Center of Excellence. It facilitates the training of over 4,000 combat medics each year.
It is also responsible for training 68W combat medics, which is the second largest military operational specialty in the U.S. Army.

Structure

The following units are subordinate to the battalion:
  • Alpha Company
  • Bravo Company
  • Charlie Company
  • Delta Company
  • Echo Company
  • Foxtrot Company
  • Headquarters & Headquarters Company

Lineage

Constituted 15 July 1944 in the Army of the United States as the 232d Medical Composite Battalion
Activated 15 August 1944 in Italy
Inactivated 1 May 1946 in Italy
Redesignated 27 September 1951 as Headquarters, 232d Medical Service Battalion, and allotted to the Regular Army
Activated 16 November 1951 in Korea
Inactivated 24 January 1953 in Korea
Redesignated 27 July 1987 as the 232d Medical Battalion; Headquarters concurrently transferred to the United States Army Health Services Command and activated at Fort Sam Houston, Texas

Campaign participation credit

  • World War II
  • *Rome-Arno
  • Korean War
  • *UN Summer-Fall Offensive
  • *Second Korean Winter
  • *Korea, Summer-Fall 1952
  • *Third Korean Winter

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