557th Military Police Company
Lineage and Honors Information as of 15 May 2007
557th Military Police Company Lineage
Constituted 12 June 1943 in the Army of the United States as the 557th Military Police Escort Guard Company
Activated 25 June 1943 at Fort Custer, Michigan
Disbanded 15 April 1944 at Camp Barkeley, Texas
Reconstituted 14 February 1945 in the Army of the United States
Activated 18 March 1945 in the Philippine Islands
Inactivated 25 January 1946 in the Philippine Islands
Redesignated 9 May 1949 as the 557th Military Police Guard Company
Activated 1 June 1949 on Okinawa
Allotted 20 November 1951 to the Regular Army
Inactivated 19 March 1953 on Okinawa
Redesignated 23 March 1965 as the 557th Military Police Company
Activated 25 March 1965 at Fort Dix, New Jersey
Inactivated 20 March 1972 in Vietnam
Activated 1 October 1976 in Korea
557th Military Police Company Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
World War II: Leyte
Vietnam: Defensive; Counteroffensive; Counteroffensive, Phase II; Counteroffensive, Phase III; Tet Counteroffensive; Counteroffensive, Phase IV; Counteroffensive, Phase V; Counteroffensive, Phase VI; Tet 69/Counteroffensive; Summer-Fall 1969; Winter-Spring 1970; Sanctuary Counteroffensive; Counteroffensive, Phase VII; Consolidation I; Consolidation II
Decorations
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for VIETNAM 1965-1966
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for VIETNAM 1967
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for VIETNAM 1968
Philippine Presidential Unit Citation for 17 OCTOBER 1944 TO 4 JULY 1945