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Lineage and Honors Information as of 24 February 2011

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HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS DETACHMENT 203d MILITARY POLICE BATTALION

 

Organized and Federally recognized 14 January 1924 in the Alabama National Guard at Athens as Company E, 133d Engineers

Redesignated 15 February 1924 as Company B, 133d Engineers

Reorganized and redesignated 1 February 1926 as Company B, 127th Engineer Battalion

Reorganized and redesignated 1 June 1931 as Troop B, 127th Engineer Squadron

Redesignated 1 April 1936 as Troop B, 127th Squadron, Corps of Engineers

Redesignated 13 July 1936 as Troop B, 127th Engineer Squadron

Reorganized and redesignated 1 November 1940 as Company D, 2d Battalion, 151st Engineers

Inducted into Federal service 27 January 1941 at Athens

Reorganized and redesignated 12 September 1942 as Company D, 2d Battalion, 151st Engineer Combat Regiment

Reorganized and redesignated 11 July 1944 as Company A, 1343d Engineer Combat Battalion

Inactivated 26 January 1946 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey

        Reorganized and Federally recognized 28 March 1947 at Athens as Company B, 1343d Engineer Combat Battalion

Ordered into active Federal service 14 August 1950 at Athens

(1343d Engineer Combat Battalion [NGUS] organized and Federally recognized
21 January 1953 at Athens)

(1343d Engineer Combat Battalion [NGUS] redesignated 1 February 1953 as the 1343d Engineer Battalion [NGUS])

Company B, 1343d Engineer Combat Battalion reorganized and redesignated 15 March 1954 as Company B, 1343d Engineer Battalion

Released from active Federal service 21 February 1955 and reverted to state control; concurrently consolidated with Headquarters and Service Company, 1343d Engineer Battalion (NGUS) (organized and Federally recognized 21 January 1953 at Athens) and consolidated unit designated as Headquarters and Service Company, 1343d Engineer Battalion

Reorganized and redesignated 8 July 1961 as Headquarters Company, 1343d Engineer Battalion

Ordered into active Federal service 11 June 1963 at Athens; released from active Federal service 16 June 1963 and reverted to state control

        Converted and redesignated 1 September 1995 as Headquarters Battery, 1st Battalion, 203d Air Defense Artillery

        (203d Air Defense Artillery redesignated 1 October 2005 as the 203d Air Defense Artillery Regiment)

Converted and redesignated 1 September 2007 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 203d Military Police Battalion

Ordered into active Federal service 18 June 2009 at Athens

HOME STATION: Athens


CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

World War II
Aleutian Islands
Rhineland

Korean War
First UN Counteroffensive
CCF Spring Offensive
UN Summer-Fall Offensive
Second Korean Winter
Korea, Summer-Fall 1952
Third Korean Winter
Korea, Summer 1953

War on Terrorism
Campaigns to be determined

 

DECORATIONS

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered KOREA 1952-1953

Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 1951-1952

Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 1951-1954

 

BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:

 

PETER D. CREAN
COL, LG
Director, Center of Military History


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