Lineage and Honors Information as of 23 January 2009
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