324th Military Police Battalion
Lineage and Honors Information as of 13 September 2008
324th Military Police Battalion Lineage
Constituted 31 May 1942 in the Army of the United States as the 801st Military Police Battalion
Activated 4 June 1942 at Fort Ord, California
Inactivated 31 May 1946 in the Philippine Islands
Redesignated 11 June 1947 as the 324th Military Police Battalion and allotted to the Organized Reserves
Activated 4 July 1947 at Seattle, Washington
(Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; on 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)
Battalion broken up 21 August-19 September 1948 and its elements reorganized and redesignated as follows:
Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment reorganized and redesignated
21 August 1959 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 324th Military Police Battalion
(Companies A and B inactivated 21 August 1959 at Seattle, Washington; disbanded 22 August 1959)
(Company C inactivated 18 September 1959 at Tacoma, Washington; disbanded 19 September 1959)
(Company D inactivated 18 September 1959 at Pasco, Washington; disbanded 19 September 1959)
Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 324th Military Police Battalion, reorganized and redesignated 15 March
1963 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 324th Military Police Battalion
Location changed 10 January 1968 to Fort Lawton, Washington; on 1 December 1972 to Seattle, Washington; on 16 July 1983 to Fort
Lawton, Washington
Inactivated 15 September 1990 at Fort Lawton, Washington
Activated 1 September 1997 at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, as the 324th Military Police Battalion
Location changed in 2000 to Chambersburg, Pennsylvania
Ordered into active military service 10 February 2003 at Chambersburg, Pennsylvania; released from active military service 9
February 2004 and reverted to reserve status
Ordered into active military service 23 June 2006 at Chambersburg, Pennsylvania; released from active military service 19
December 2007 and reverted to reserve status
324th Military Police Battalion Honors
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