Lineage and Honors Information as of 22 May 2014
361st MILITARY POLICE COMPANY
- Constituted 30 December 1944 in the Army of the United States as the 361st Military Police Company
- Activated 31 December 1944 in France
- Inactivated 27 March 1946 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey
- Allotted 9 December 1946 to the Organized Reserves
- Activated 20 December 1946 at Columbus, Ohio
- (Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)
- Ordered into active military service 19 September 1950 at Columbus, Ohio; released from active military service 17 January 1955 and reverted to reserve status
- Location changed 16 May 1955 to Cambridge, Ohio
- Inactivated 1 May 1959 at Cambridge, Ohio
- Activated 22 January 1968 at Dover, Ohio
- Location changed 8 May 1971 to Canton, Ohio; on 25 August 1984 to North Canton, Ohio
- Ordered into active military service on 6 December 1990 at North Canton, Ohio; released from active military service 4 May 1991 and reverted to reserve status
- Inactivated 15 December 1991 at North Canton, Ohio
- Activated 16 September 2010 at Ashley, Pennsylvania
- Element ordered into active military service 19 August 2013 at Ashley, Pennsylvania
Campaign Participation Credit
- World War II
- Rhineland
- Southwest Asia
- Defense of Saudi Arabia
- Liberation and Defense of Kuwait
- Cease-Fire
Decorations
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
Robert J. Dalessandro
Director, Center of Military History
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