320th Military Police Company
Lineage and Honors Information as of 19 June 2008
320th Military Police Company Lineage
Constituted 30 November 1943 in the Army of the United States as the 53d Military Police Company
Activated 1 December 1943 in North Africa
Inactivated 20 January 1947 in Germany
Redesignated 18 March 1947 as the 320th Military Police Company and allotted to the Organized Reserves
Activated 11 April 1947 at Quincy, Illinois
(Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)
Location changed 15 November 1949 to Rock Island, Illinois
Inactivated 4 December 1950 at Rock Island, Illinois
Redesignated 28 March 1952 as the 320th Military Police Company, Post, Camp, or Station
Activated 15 April 1952 at Fairbury, Nebraska
Location changed 10 October 1952 to Omaha, Nebraska
Reorganized and redesignated 1 February 1953 as the 320th Military Police Company
Inactivated 1 November 1955 at Omaha, Nebraska
Activated 22 February 1972 at St. Petersburg, Florida
Ordered into active military service 20 September 1990 at St. Petersburg, Florida; released from active military service 15-16
April 1991 and reverted to reserve status
Ordered into active military service 21 January 2003 at St. Petersburg, Florida; released from active military service 26 May
2004 and reverted to reserve status
320th Military Police Company Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
World War II: Naples-Foggia, Rome-Arno, Southern France, Rhineland
Southwest Asia: Defense of Saudi Arabia, Liberation and Defense of Kuwait
War on Terrorism: Campaigns to be determined
Decorations
None