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Lineage and Honors Information as of 21 October 2010

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455th MILITARY POLICE DETACHMENT

 

Constituted 13 January 1945 in the Army of the United States as the 455th Military Police Gate and Patrol Detachment
 
Activated 21 March 1945 in the England

Redesignated 21 April 1945 as the 455th Military Police Patrol Detachment

Inactivated 14 January 1946 in England

Redesignated 24 January 1949 as the 455th Military Police Criminal Investigation Detachment and allotted to the Organized Reserve Corps

(Organized Reserve Corps redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)

Activated 24 February 1949 in Oshkosh, Wisconsin

Redesignated 11 June 1954 as the 455th Military Police Detachment

Inactivated 18 May 1959 at Oshkosh, Wisconsin

Activated 22 February 1972 at Fort Worth, Texas

Inactivated 16 October 1980 at Fort Worth, Texas

Activated 16 September 1998 at Uniondale, New York

 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDITS

                                                            World War II
                                                            European Theater

                                                            War on Terrorism
                                                            Campaigns to be determined

 

DECORATIONS

None

 

BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:

 

 

PETER D. CREAN
COL, LG
Director, Center of Military History


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