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Lineage and Honors Information as of 26 March 2012

17th MILITARY POLICE DETACHMENT

  • Constituted 12 August 1943 in the Army of the United States as the 17th Military Police Section, Criminal Investigation
  • Activated 14 August 1943 at the Provost Marshal General Training Center, Fort Custer, Michigan
  • Redesignated 15 March 1944 as the 17th Criminal Investigation Section
  • Redesignated 23 September 1944 as the 17th Military Police Criminal Investigation Section
  • Redesignated 29 December 1944 as the 17th Military Police Criminal Investigation Detachment
  • Inactivated 20 October 1945 at Camp Bullis, Texas
  • Activated 2 January 1947 at the New York Port of Embarkation, Brooklyn Army Base, New York
  • Redesignated 16 August 1954 as the 17th Military Police Detachment
  • Inactivated 1 December 1955 at the Brooklyn Army Terminal, New York
  • Allotted 28 January 1957 to the Regular Army
  • Activated 15 February 1957 at Camp Irwin, California
  • Inactivated 25 March 1965 at Camp Irwin, California
  • Activated 25 June 1965 in Germany
  • Inactivated 20 November 1977 in Germany
  • Activated 16 June 2001 at Fort Jackson, South Carolina

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

  • World War II
  • Normandy
  • Northern France

DECORATIONS

  • None

BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:

ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Center of Military History


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