Lineage and Honors Information as of 9 July 2018
163d Military Police Detachment
- Constituted 4 December 1943 in the Army of the United States as the 163d Military Police Prisoner of War Processing Company
- Activated 10 January 1944 at Fort Custer, Michigan
- Inactivated 20 March 1946 in Japan
- Redesignated 14 January 1955 as the 163d Military Police Company and allotted to the Regular Army
- Activated 7 March 1955 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey
- Inactivated 20 June 1955 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey
- Activated 21 September 1956 at the Presidio of San Francisco
- Reorganized and redesignated 24 June 1972 as the 163d Military Police Detachment
- Inactivated 15 October 1982 at the Presidio of San Francisco
- Activated 16 June 1998 at Fort Campbell, Kentucky
Campaign Participation Credit
- World War II
- New Guinea
- Luzon
- War on Terrorism
- Campaigns to be determined
Decorations
- Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 1944 TO 4 JULY 1945
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
CHARLES R. BOWERY, JR.
Chief of Military History