Lineage and Honors Information as of 14 December 2011
23d MILITARY POLICE COMPANY
Constituted 3 April 1943 in the Army of the United States as the Military Police Platoon, Americal Division
Activated 1 May 1943 on New Caledonia
Inactivated 2 December 1945 at Fort Lawton, Washington
Redesignated 1 December 1954 as the 23d Military Police Company and allotted to the Regular Army (Americal Division concurrently redesignated as the 23d Infantry Division)
Activated 2 December 1954 in the Panama Canal Zone
Inactivated 10 April 1956 in the Panama Canal Zone
Activated 8 December 1967 in Vietnam
Inactivated 28 June 1972 in Vietnam and relieved from assignment to the 23d Infantry Division
Activated 18 October 2005 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
World War II
Northern Solomons
Leyte
Southern Philippines (with arrowhead)
Vietnam
Counteroffensive, Phase III
Tet Counteroffensive
Counteroffensive, Phase IV
Counteroffensive, Phase V
Counteroffensive, Phase VI
Tet 69/Counteroffensive
Summer-Fall 1969
Winter-Spring 1970
Sanctuary Counteroffensive
Counteroffensive, Phase VII
Consolidation I
Consolidation II
Cease-Fire
War on Terrorism
Campaigns to be determined
DECORATIONS
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2006-2007
Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 1944 TO 4 JULY 1945
Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1969-1970
Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1971
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Center of Military History