415th Military Police Detachment
Lineage and Honors Information as of 29 April 2008
415th Military Police Detachment Lineage
Constituted 13 January 1945 in the Army of the United States as the 415th Military Police Gate and Patrol Detachment
Activated 21 March 1945 in Europe
Redesignated 21 April 1945 as the 415th Military Police Patrol Detachment
Inactivated 12 November 1945 in Europe
Redesignated 19 November 1948 as the 415th Military Police Criminal Investigation Detachment and allotted to the Organized
Reserve Corps
Activated 31 December 1948 at El Dorado, Kansas
Location changed 27 September 1949 to Wichita, Kansas
Inactivated 17 November 1950 at Wichita, Kansas
(Organized Reserve Corps redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)
Activated 20 October 1955 at Wichita, Kansas
Redesignated 6 December 1955 as the 415th Military Police Detachment
Inactivated 30 September 1959 at Wichita, Kansas
Activated 15 January 1972 at Kansas City, Missouri
Inactivated 15 April 1976 at Kansas City, Missouri
Activated 16 September 2001 at St. Louis, Missouri
Ordered into active military service 7 December 2003 at St. Louis, Missouri; released from active military service 3 June 2005
and reverted to reserve status
Location changed 18 September 2006 to Pocahontas, Iowa
415th Military Police Detachment Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
World War II: European-African-Middle Eastern Theater, Streamer without inscription
War on Terrorism: Campaigns to be determined
Decorations
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2004