Lineage and Honors Information as of 26 June 2013
44th MILITARY POLICE DETACHMENT
- Constituted 16 December 1944 in the Army of the United States as the 44th Military Police Criminal Investigation Detachment
- Activated 29 December 1944 in France
- Allotted 7 December 1951 to the Regular Army
- Inactivated 6 April 1953 in Japan
- Redesignated 12 January 1954 as the 44th Military Police Detachment
- Activated 10 February 1954 in Germany
- Inactivated 1 November 1959 in Germany
- Activated 1 May 1960 in France
- Inactivated 15 October 1965 in France
- Activated 1 August 1966 in Germany
- Inactivated 20 August 1975 in Germany
- Activated 16 October 1994 at Fort Lewis, Washington
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
- World War II
- Rhineland
- Ardennes-Alsace
- Central Europe
- War on Terrorism
- Campaigns to be determined
DECORATIONS
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Center of Military History
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