438th Military Police Detachment
Lineage and Honors Information as of 29 April 2008
438th Military Police Detachment Lineage
Constituted 13 January 1945 in the Army of the United States as the 438th Military Police Gate and Patrol Detachment
Activated 21 March 1945 in Europe
Redesignated 21 April 1945 as the 438th Military Police Patrol Detachment
Inactivated 10 November 1945 at Camp Claiborne, Louisiana
Redesignated 22 December 1948 as the 438th Military Police Criminal Investigation Detachment and allotted to the Organized
Reserve Corps
Activated 15 February 1949 at Tucson, Arizona
(Organized Reserve Corps redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)
Reorganized and redesignated 14 March 1954 as the 438th Military Police Detachment
Inactivated 1 May 1959 at Tucson, Arizona
Activated 22 February 1972 at Phoenix, Arizona
Inactivated 15 September 1990 at Phoenix, Arizona
Activated 16 September 2000 at Salt Lake City, Utah
Ordered into active military service 2 January 2003 at Salt Lake City, Utah; released from active military service 23 March
2004 and reverted to reserve status
438th Military Police Detachment Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
World War II: European-African-Middle Eastern Theater, Streamer without inscription
Decorations
None