Lineage and Honors Information as of 4 November 2011
563d MILITARY POLICE COMPANY
Constituted 26 December 1944 in the Army of the United States as the 647th Military Police Company
Activated 10 January 1945 in Italy
Inactivated 23 September 1945 in Italy
Redesignated 25 September 1949 as the 563d Military Police Service Company and activated in Japan
Reorganized and redesignated 6 October1950 as the 563d Military Police Company and allotted to the Regular Army
Inactivated 24 June 1955 in Korea
Activated 8 December 1969 at Fort Hamilton, New York
Inactivated 1 January 1983 at Fort Hamilton, New York
Activated 17 November 2007 at Fort Drum, New York
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
World War II
European-African-Middle Eastern Theater,
Streamer without inscription
Korean War
UN Defensive
UN Offensive
CCF Intervention
First UN Counteroffensive
CCF Spring Offensive
UN Summer-Fall Offensive
Second Korean Winter
Korea, Summer-Fall 1952
Third Korean Winter
Korea, Summer 1953
War on Terrorism
Campaigns to be determined
DECORATIONS
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered KOREA 1953-1954
Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 1950
Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 1950-1952
Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 1952-1953
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Center of Military History