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Lineage and Honors Information as of 23 January 2009

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472d MILITARY POLICE COMPANY

 

Constituted 22 January 1943 in the Army of the United States as the 472d
Military Police Escort Guard Company

Activated 25 May 1943 at Fort Custer, Michigan

Inactivated 4 February 1946 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey

Redesignated 26 July 1963 as the 472d Military Police Company and allotted to the Regular Army

Activated 1 October 1963 at Fort Wainwright, Alaska

Inactivated 15 November 1993 at Fort Wainwright, Alaska

Activated 16 August 2008 at Fort Wainwright, Alaska

 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

                                                        World War II
                                                        Normandy
                                                        Northern France
                                                        Rhineland
                                                        Ardennes-Alsace
                                                        Central Europe

 

DECORATIONS

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered EUROPEAN THEATER

 

BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:

 

 

JEFFREY J. CLARKE
Chief of Military History


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