301st Military Police Company
Lineage and Honors Information as of 16 July 2008
301st Military Police Company Lineage
Constituted 6 January 1942 in the Army of the United States as the 301st Prisoner of War Escort Company
Activated 15 January 1942 at Camp Upton, New York
Redesignated 1 April 1942 as the 301st Military Police Escort Guard Company
Inactivated 21 November 1945 at Camp Myles Standish, Massachusetts
Allotted 12 November 1946 to the Organized Reserves
Activated 20 November 1946 at Canon City, Colorado
(Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)
Reorganized and redesignated 1 October 1952 as the 301st Military Police Company
Inactivated 15 January 1972 at Omaha, Nebraska
Activated 1 May 1975 at Fort Buchanan, Puerto Rico
Location changed 16 September 1980 to Bayamon, Puerto Rico
Ordered into active military service 7 January 1991 at Bayamon, Puerto Rico; released from active military service 22 September
1991 and reverted to reserve status
Location changed 31 March 1994 to Fort Buchanan, Puerto Rico
Ordered into active military service 1 October 2001 at Fort Buchanan, Puerto Rico; released from active military service 30
September 2002 and reverted to reserve status
Ordered into active military service 4 January 2004 at Fort Buchanan, Puerto Rico; released from active military service 14 March
2005 and reverted to reserve status
301st Military Police Company Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
World War II: Normandy, Northern France, Rhineland, Central Europe
Southwest Asia: Liberation and Defense of Kuwait, Cease-Fire
War on Terrorism: Campaigns to be determined
Decorations
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered EUROPEAN THEATER
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2004
French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II, Streamer embroidered NORMANDY