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Ohio Army National Guard Medical Detachment

HOME STATION: Columbus

PARENT UNIT

Medical Department,
Ohio National Guard

DATE & PLACE OF BIRTH

1 January 1904, Columbus, Ohio

MISSION

The state medical command will plan, program, provide and sustain health force protection and medical/dental support to meet operational, training and mobilization medical readiness requirements of ARNG units and Soldiers. A closer look into the origins and lineage of the Ohio Army National Guard Medical Detachment, which originated in January 1904 in Columbus, Ohio.

CAMPAIGN CREDIT

World War I
Ypres-Lys, Meuse-Argonne, Lorraine 1918

World War I
Northern Solomons, Luzon (with arrowhead)

DECORATIONS

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army)
Streamer embroidered BOUGAINVILLE

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army)
Streamer embroidered PACIFIC THEATER

Philippine Presidential Unit Citation
streamer embroidered:
17 OCTOBER 1944 TO 4 JULY 1945

View a more detailed lineage of Ohio Army National Guard Medical Detachment

cepia-tone photo of tents under trees with Soldiers gathered around a table — *Photos courtesy of Ohio Army National Guard Historical Collections*

View of the Hospital Corps, Medical Department at Marietta, Ohio, 1910.

Officers, 112th Medical Regiment, Camp Perry, Ohio, 1937.

Sepia tone of Soldiers sleeping under blankets on ground

Advanced dressing station of the 112th Sanitary Train, 37th Division in Avocourt, France during the Meuse-Argonne Offensive, Sept. 26, 1918.

A jeep from the 112th Medical Battalion carries a wounded Soldier to an aid station during the battle of Hill 700 on the Island of Bougainville in March 1944.

Sepia tone of Soldiers carrying injured Soldier off field on a gurney

Members of the 112th Medical Battalion try out an improvised litter in the field during training at Camp Polk, La., June 10, 1952.

black and white staged photo of man in white coat tending to dummy solider

Headquarters, 112th Medical Battalion display during muster day activities at the Ohio Statehouse, Feb. 22, 1958.

black and white photo of Soliders loading man on stretcher into back of a vehicle

Soldiers from Company A, 112th Medical Battalion load a simulated patient in an ambulance during annual training at Camp Grayling, Mich., 1961.

Group shot of Soldiers in front of barracks

Staff, 112th Medical Group, Camp Pickett, Va., 1973.

Black and white photo of Soldiers watching passing parade

Command Sgt. Maj. Rodney Newell, 112th Medical Brigade sergeant major, watches as the distinguishing flag of the 112th Medical Brigade is furled during a ceremony at the Maj. Gen. Robert S. Beightler Armory, Aug. 23, 1997.

Gabriel Osorio has his teeth checked by Capt. Corey Stafford, a dental officer with the Ohio Army National Guard Medical Detachment, during a dental screening Aug. 8, 2015, in Montpelier, Ohio, during GuardCare.