Lineage and Honors Information as of 31 January 2019

226th Military Police Detachment

  • Constituted 24 August 1944 in the Army of the United States as the 326th Military Police Escort Guard Section
  • Activated 7 November 1944 in France
  • Redesignated 29 March 1945 as the 326th Military Police Escort Guard Detachment
  • Disbanded 4 October 1945 at Camp Anza, California
  • Reconstituted and redesignated 23 November 1964 as the 226th Military Police Detachment, and allotted to the Regular Army
  • Activated 20 December 1964 at Fort Irwin, California
  • Inactivated 31 December 1970 at Fort Irwin, California
  • Activated 16 October 2012 at Fort Hood, Texas

Campaign Participation Credit

  • World War II
  • Rhineland

Decorations

None

By Order of the Secretary of the Army:

CHARLES R. BOWERY, JR.
Chief of Military History


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