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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

None

By Order of the Secretary of the Army:

RICHARD W. STEWART
Chief of Military History


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