Lineage and Honors Information as of 7 March 2017
344th Military Police Company
- Constituted 21 July 1942 in the Army of the United States as the 344th Military Police Escort Guard Company
- Activated 20 August 1942 at Fort Amador, Canal Zone
- Inactivated 1 April 1943 at Fort Amador, Canal Zone
- Allotted 28 April 1947 to the Organized Reserves
- Activated 15 May 1947 at Hartford, Connecticut
- (Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)
- Location changed 8 December 1949 to New Haven, Connecticut; on 27 June 1950 to Jewett City Connecticut; on 28 March 1951 to Danbury, Connecticut
- Reorganized and redesignated 13 March 1953 as the 344th Military Police Company
- Location changed 10 February 1963 to Hamden, Connecticut; on 30 September 1976 to New Haven, Connecticut
- Ordered into active military service 15 November 1990 at New Haven, Connecticut; released from active military service 8 May 1991 and reverted to reserve status
- Ordered into active military service 7 October 2002 at New Haven, Connecticut; released from active military service 6 October 2003 and reverted to reserve status
- Location changed 30 June 2011 to Middletown, Connecticut
- Ordered into active military service 23 April 2013 at Middletown, Connecticut; released from active military service 24 May 2014 and reverted to reserve status
Campaign Participation Credit
- World War II
- American Theater, Streamer without inscription
- Southwest Asia
- Defense of Saudi Arabia
- Liberation and Defense of Kuwait
- Cease-Fire
- War on Terrorism
- Campaigns to be determined
Decorations
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
CHARLES R. BOWERY, JR.
Chief of Military History
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