Lineage and Honors Information as of 2 September 2011
HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS DETACHMENT
112th MILITARY POLICE BATTALION
Organized in April 1917 in the Mississippi National Guard as an engineer company
Called into Federal service 26 June 1917 at Camp Jackson, Mississippi; drafted into Federal service 5 August 1917
Reorganized and redesignated 27 September 1917 as Company A, 114th Engineer Regiment, an element of the 39th Division
Demobilized 21 May 1919 at Camp Shelby, Mississippi
Expanded and reorganized 1921-1923 in the Mississippi National Guard as the 114th Engineer Regiment (less 2d Battalion allotted to the Florida National Guard—hereafter separate lineage)
Redesignated 29 January 1924 as the 106th Engineer Regiment and assigned to the 31st Division (later redesignated as the 31st Infantry Division); Headquarters Federally recognized 2 July 1925 at Jackson
Inducted into Federal service 25 November 1940 at home stations
Reorganized and redesignated 26 February 1942 as the 106th Engineer Battalion
Redesignated 1 August 1942 as the 106th Engineer Combat Battalion
Inactivated 21 December 1945 at Camp Stoneman, California
Expanded 1947-1950 to form the 114th Engineer Combat Battalion, a nondivisional unit, and the 106th Engineer Combat Battalion, an element of the 31st Infantry Division (106th Engineer Combat Battalion – hereafter separate lineage)
114th Engineer Combat Battalion reorganized and Federally recognized 23 January 1950 in the Mississippi Army National Guard with Headquarters at Jackson
Ordered into active Federal service 11 September 1950 at home stations
(114th Engineer Combat Battalion [NGUS] organized and Federally recognized
26 September 1952 with Headquarters at Jackson; redesignated 1 March 1953 as the 114th Engineer Battalion [NGUS]
Redesignated 8 June 1953 as the 114th Engineer Battalion
Released from active Federal service 17 January 1955 and reverted to state control; Federal recognition concurrently withdrawn from the 114th Engineer Battalion (NGUS)
Headquarters reorganized and redesignated 1 May 1959 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 114th Engineer Battalion (remainder of battalion—hereafter separate lineages)
Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 114th Engineer Battalion, reorganized and redesignated 4 January 1960 as Headquarters, Headquarters and Service Company, 114th Engineer Battalion (organic elements concurrently organized from existing units)
Battalion ordered into active Federal service 30 September 1962 at home stations; released from active Federal service 5 October 1962 and reverted to state control
Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 114th Engineer Battalion, converted, reorganized, and redesignated 1 May 1963 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 112th Military Police Battalion (remainder of 114th Engineer Battalion – hereafter separate lineages)
Location changed 1 August 1990 to Canton
Ordered into active Federal service 27 September 1990 at Canton; released from active Federal service 27 May 1991 and reverted to state control
Ordered into active Federal service 7 December 2003 at Canton; released from active Federal service 3 June 2005 and reverted to state control
HOME STATION: Canton
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
World War I
Meuse-Argonne
World War II
New Guinea (with arrowhead)
Southern Philippines
Southwest Asia
Defense of Saudi Arabia
Liberation and Defense of Kuwait
Cease-Fire
War on Terrorism
Campaigns to be determined
DECORATIONS
Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered MINDANAO
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2004
Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 1944 TO
4 JULY 1945
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Center of Military History