Lineage and Honors Information as of 18 March 2015
20th Military Police Detachment
- Constituted 12 August 1943 in the Army of the United States as the 20th Military Police Section, Criminal Investigation
- Activated 14 August 1943 at Fort Custer, Michigan
- Redesignated 19 March 1944 as the 20th Military Police Criminal Investigation Section
- Reorganized and redesignated 16 December 1944 as the 20th Military Police Criminal Investigation Detachment
- Inactivated 20 October 1945 at Camp Bullis, Texas
- Activated 15 June 1947 in Japan
- Allotted 19 December 1950 to the Regular Army
- Reorganized and redesignated 27 March 1954 as the 20th Military Police Detachment
- Inactivated 28 March 1955 in Korea
- Activated 15 February 1957 at Yuma, Arizona
- Inactivated 1 December 1963 at Yuma, Arizona
- Activated 1 May 1964 at Fort Monmouth, New Jersey
- Inactivated 24 March 1965 at Fort Monmouth, New Jersey
- Activated 25 June 1965 in Germany
- Inactivated 20 November 1977 in Germany
- Activated 16 October 1994 in Korea
Campaign Participation Credit
- World War II
- Normandy
- Northern France
- Korean War
- UN Defensive
- UN Offensive
- CCF Intervention
- First UN Counteroffensive
- CCF Spring Offensive
- UN Summer-Fall Offensive
- Second Korean Winter
- Korea, Summer-Fall 1952
- Third Korean Winter
- Korea, Summer 1953
- War on Terrorism
- Campaigns to be determined
Decorations
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered KOREA 1951-1953
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2007-2008
- Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 1950-1952
- Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 1952-1953
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
Richard W. Stewart, Ph.D.
Chief of Military History
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