Lineage and Honors Information as of 20 October 2015
39th Military Police Detachment
- Constituted 14 August 1944 in the Army of the United States as the 39th Military Police Criminal Investigation Section
- Activated 29 August 1944 at Fort Custer, Michigan
- Redesignated 19 April 1945 as the 39th Military Police Criminal Investigation Detachment
- Inactivated 29 November 1946 in the Mariana Islands
- Activated 1 April 1948 at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland
- Allotted 5 January 1951 to the Regular Army
- Redesignated 23 August 1954 as the 39th Military Police Detachment
- Inactivated 24 March 1965 at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland
- Activated 25 June 1965 in Germany
- Inactivated 2 June 1969 in Germany
- Activated 26 September 2001 at Fort Shafter, Hawaii
Campaign Participation Credit
- World War II
- Western Pacific
- War on Terrorism
- Campaigns to be determined
Decorations
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
RICHARD W. STEWART
Chief of Military History
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