Lineage And Honors Information
Lineage and Honors Information as of 28 September 2015
21st Military Police Detachment
- Constituted 2 March 1944 in the Army of the United States as the 21st Criminal Investigation Section
- Activated 1 April 1944 in New Caledonia
- Reorganized and redesignated 10 August 1944 as the 20th Military Police Criminal Investigation Section
- Redesignated 29 April 1945 as the 21st Military Police Criminal Investigation Detachment
- Inactivated 30 September 1946 in Japan
- Activated 15 June 1947 in Japan
- Allotted 25 October 1951 to the Regular Army
- Reorganized and redesignated 27 March 1954 as the 21st Military Police Detachment
- Inactivated 25 March 1956 in Japan
- Activated 15 February 1957 at Fort Lawton, Washington
- Inactivated 25 March 1965 at Fort Lawton, Washington
- Activated 25 June 1965 in Germany
- Inactivated 20 November 1977 in Germany
- Activated 25 June 1965 in Germany
- Activated 16 October 1994 in Korea
Campaign Participation Credit
- World War II
- Asiatic-Pacific Theater, Streamer with inscription
- Korean War
- UN Defensive
- UN Offensive
- CCF Intervention
- First UN Counter Offensive
- CCF Spring Offensive
- UN Summer-Fall Offensive
- Second Korean Winter
- Korea, Summer-Fall 1952
- Third Korean Winter
- Korea, Summer 1953
- War on Terrorism
- Global War on Terrorism
- (Additional Campaigns to be Determined)
Decorations
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered KOREA 1952-1953
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered KOREA 1953-1954
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA 2005-2006
- 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
Chief of Military History