302d Military Police Company
Lineage and Honors Information as of 30 July 2003
302d Military Police Company Lineage
Constituted 6 January 1942 in the Army of the United States as the 302d Prisoner of War Escort Company
Activated 10 February 1942 at Camp Upton, New York
Converted and redesignated 7 May 1942 as the 302d Military Police Escort Guard Company
Inactivated 15 December 1945 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey
Redesignated 2 January 1947 as the 302d Military Police Company and allotted to the Organized Reserves
Activated 20 October 1947 at Santa Fe, New Mexico
(Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; on 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)
Inactivated 29 November 1950 at Santa Fe, New Mexico
Activated 16 April 1981 at Fort Worth, Texas
Ordered into active military service 24 June 1996 at Fort Worth, Texas; released from active military service 20 March 1997 and reverted to reserve status
Location changed 1 October 1999 to Grand Prairie, Texas
302d Military Police Company Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
World War II-EAME: Normandy (with arrowhead); Northern France; Rhineland; Ardennes-Alsace; Central Europe
Decorations
Army Superior Unit Award for 1996-1997