Lineage and Honors Information as of 15 Jun 2009
442d MILITARY POLICE COMPANY
Organized 12 August 1870 in the New York National Guard at Yonkers as Company H, 3d Regiment
Redesignated 12 May 1874 as Company D, 16th Battalion
Reorganized and redesignated 1 January 1882 as the 4th Separate Company
Reorganized and redesignated 21 March 1898 as the 4th Company, 11th Battalion
(While remaining in state service the 4th Company, 11th Battalion, additionally formed Company B, 203d New York Volunteer Infantry, and mustered into Federal service 19 July 1898 at Camp Black, New York; mustered out of Federal service 25 March 1899 at Greenville, South Carolina)
Reorganized and redesignated 15 March 1899 as Company A, 1st Infantry Regiment
Reorganized and redesignated 1 May 1905 as Company G, 10th Infantry
Mustered into Federal service 21 July 1917 at Yonkers; drafted into Federal service
5 August 1917
Reorganized and redesignated 4 January 1918 as Company G, 51st Pioneer Infantry
Demobilized 8 July 1919 at Camp Upton, New York
Consolidated 10 November 1921 with Company G, 1st Infantry, New York Guard (see ANNEX 1), and consolidated unit expanded, reorganized, and Federally recognized in the New York National Guard at Yonkers as the 27th Military Police Company and the 102d Motorcycle Company (102d Motorcycle Company – hereafter separate lineage)
27th Military Police Company assigned 17 November 1921 to the 27th Division (later redesignated as the 27th Infantry Division)
Inducted into Federal service 15 October 1940 at Yonkers
Reorganized and redesignated 1 September 1942 as the Military Police Platoon, Headquarters Company, 27th Infantry Division
Inactivated 31 December 1945 at Fort Lawton, Washington
Reorganized and redesignated 22 September 1946 as the 27th Military Police Company, an element of the 27th Infantry Division
Consolidated 27 September 1946 with the 42d Military Police Company (see ANNEX 2) and consolidated unit designated as the 42d Military Police Company, an element of the 42d Infantry Division
Reorganized and Federally recognized 1 July 1947 at Mount Vernon
Reorganized and redesignated 16 March 1959 as the Military Police Detachment, Headquarters Company, 42d Infantry Division
Reorganized and redesignated 15 April 1963 as the 42d Military Police Company, an element of the 42d Infantry Division
Ordered into active Federal service 24 March 1970 at Mount Vernon; released from active Federal service 30 March 1970 and reverted to state control
Consolidated 1 April 1975 with Headquarters Detachment, 3d Special Forces Battalion, 19th Special Forces Group, 1st Special Forces (see ANNEX 3), and Company C, 3d Special Forces Battalion, 19th Special Forces Group, 1st Special Forces (organized and Federally recognized 1 December 1972 at White Plains), and consolidated unit designated as the 42d Military Police Company with location at White Plains
Location changed 1 March 1977 to New York; on 1 April 1984 to Peekskill
Consolidated 8 February 1986 with Detachment 1, 42d Military Police Company (organized and Federally recognized 1 August 1977 at Ossining), and consolidated unit designated as the 42d Military Police Company; location concurrently changed to Valhalla
Redesignated 1 September 1993 as the 442d Military Police Company and relieved from assignment to the 42d Infantry Division
Location changed 1 February 1993 to Orangeburg
Ordered into active Federal service 10 February 2003 at Orangeburg; released from active Federal service 17 June 2004 and reverted to state control
ANNEX 1
Organized 3 August 1917 in the New York Guard at Yonkers as Company G, 10th Infantry, to replace company in Federal service
Converted and redesignated 26 September 1917 as Company G, 8th Coast Artillery Corps, New York Guard
Reorganized and redesignated 15 January 1918 as the 9th Company, 8th Coast Artillery Corps, New York Guard
Converted and redesignated 1 August 1919 as Company G, 1st Infantry, New York Guard
ANNEX 2
Constituted 5 February 1943 in the Army of the United States as the Military Police Platoon, Headquarters Company, 42d Infantry Division
Activated 14 July 1943 at Camp Gruber, Oklahoma
Inactivated 30 June 1946 in Austria
Redesignated 17 September 1946 as the 42d Military Police Company and allotted to the New York National Guard
ANNEX 3
Organized 3 June 1885 in the New York National Guard at New York as Company C, 12th Regiment
Mustered into Federal service 13 May 1898 at Camp Townshend, New York, as Company C, 12th New York Volunteer Infantry; mustered out of Federal service 20 April 1899 at New York and resumed state status as Company C, 12th Infantry Regiment
Mustered into Federal service 22 July 1917 at New York; drafted into Federal service 5 August 1917
Reorganized and redesignated 4 January 1918 as Company C, 52d Pioneer Infantry
Demobilized 14 April 1919 at Camp Dix, New Jersey
Consolidated 25 July 1921 with Company C, 12th Infantry, New York Guard (organized 10 December 1917 at New York to replace company in Federal service), and consolidated unit reorganized and Federally recognized in the New York National Guard at New York as Battery C, 212th Artillery (Coast Artillery Corps)
Redesignated 14 May 1924 as Battery C, 212th Coast Artillery
Inducted into Federal service 10 February 1941 at New York
Reorganized and redesignated 10 September 1943 as Battery C, 773d Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion
Inactivated 13 May 1944 at Camp Phillips, Kansas
Disbanded 26 June 1944
Reconstituted 25 August 1945 in the New York National Guard as Battery C, 773d Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion
Reorganized and Federally recognized 6 October 1947 at New York
Reorganized and redesignated 1 October 1953 as Battery C, 773d Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion
Reorganized and redesignated 15 February 1958 as Battery C, 773d Missile Battalion; location concurrently changed to Brooklyn
Location changed 4 June 1958 to Spring Valley
Reorganized and redesignated 16 March 1959 as Battery C, 1st Missile Battalion, 212th Artillery
Converted and redesignated 15 April 1963 as the 1st Detachment, Company E, 16th Special Forces Group, 1st Special Forces; location concurrently changed to White Plains
Reorganized and redesignated 1 September 1964 as Company E, 16th Special Forces Group, 1st Special Forces
Redesignated 1 February 1966 as Company E, 19th Special Forces Group, 1st Special Forces
Location changed 1 December 1971 to Yonkers
Reorganized and redesignated 1 December 1972 as Headquarters Detachment, 3d Special Forces Battalion, 19th Special Forces Group, 1st Special Forces; location concurrently changed to White Plains
HOME STATION: Orangeburg (less detachment at Whitestone)
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
World War I
St. Mihiel
Meuse-Argonne
World War II
Rhineland
Ardennes-Alsace
Central Europe
Western Pacific
Ryukyus
War on Terrorism
Campaigns to be determined
DECORATIONS
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2003-2004
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
JEFFREY J. CLARKE
Chief of Military History