142d Military Police Company
(Regulators, Guns Up)
Lineage and Honors Information as of 13 September 2008
142d Military Police Company Lineage
Constituted 30 December 1944 in the Army of the United States as the 142d Military Police Escort Guard Company
Activated 31 December 1944 in France
Inactivated 7 April 1946 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey
Allotted 13 August 1946 to the Regular Army
Activated 20 December 1946 in the Philippines as a Philippine Scout unit
Inactivated 1 June 1949 in the Philippines
Consolidated 1 November 1951 with the 2d Provisional Military Police Escort Guard Company (active) (organized 6 November 1950 in Korea) and consolidated unit designated as the 142d Military Police Escort Guard Company
Reorganized and redesignated 25 January 1953 as the 142d Military Police Company
Inactivated 20 December 1954 in Korea
Activated 15 June 1956 in Germany
Inactivated 1 July 1964 in Germany
Activated 26 December 1964 in Korea
142d Military Police Company Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
World War II: Rhineland; Central Europe
Korean War: 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
Decorations
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered EUROPEAN THEATER
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered KOREA
Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 1996-1997
Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 1950-1952