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Lineage and Honors Information as of 15 February 2012

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336th MILITARY POLICE BATTALION

            Constituted 10 March 1945 in the Army of the United States as the 531st Military Police Battalion

            Activated 21 April 1945 in the Philippines

            Inactivated 28 February 1946 in Japan

            Redesignated 15 February 1949 as the 336th Military Police Battalion and allotted to the Organized Reserve Corps

            Activated 10 March 1949 at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

            (Organized Reserve Corps redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)

            Location of Headquarters changed 1 January 1967 to Leetsdale, Pennsylvania.

            (Company D inactivated 15 January 1972 at Leetsdale, Pennsylvania)

            Battalion reorganized 22 February 1972 (Companies A, B, and C concurrently inactivated at Leetsdale, Pennsylvania; Lonaconing, Maryland; and New Kensington, Pennsylvania, respectively)

Location of Headquarters changed 15 August 1975 to Oakdale, Pennsylvania

            Ordered into active military service 6 December 1990 at Oakdale, Pennsylvania; released from active military service 8 June 1991 and reverted to reserve status

            Location of Headquarters changed 1 June 1994 to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

            Ordered into active military service 7 December 2003 at Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania; released from active military service 3 June 2005 and reverted to reserve status

            Ordered into active military service 15 August 2009 at Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania; released from active military service 18 September 2010 and reverted to reserve status

 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

World War II
Luzon

War on Terrorism
Global War on Terrorism
                                                    
    Iraq:
Iraqi Sovereignty

(Additional campaigns to be determined)

 

DECORATIONS

            Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2004

            Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2009-2010

            Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 1990-1991

            Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 1944 TO
4 JULY 1945

 

BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY: 

 

 

ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Center of Military History


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