439th Military Police Detachment
Lineage and Honors Information as of 13 September 2008
439th Military Police Detachment Lineage
Constituted 13 January 1945 in the Army of the United States as the 439th Military Police Gate and Patrol
Detachment
Activated 21 March 1945 in Europe
Redesignated 21 April 1945 as the 439th Military Police Patrol Detachment
Inactivated 10 November 1945 at Camp Claiborne, Louisiana
Redesignated 27 December 1948 as the 439th Military Police Criminal Investigation Detachment and allotted to the Organized
Reserve Corps
Activated 1 February 1949 at Wichita, Kansas
Inactivated 17 November 1950 at Wichita, Kansas
(Organized Reserve Corps redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)
Activated 16 September 1988 at Omaha, Nebraska, as the 439th Military Police Detachment
Ordered into active military service 4 January 1991 at Omaha, Nebraska; released from active military service 25 May 1991 and
reverted to reserve status
Ordered into active military service 7 December 2003 at Omaha Nebraska; released from active military service 3 June 2005 and
reverted to reserve status
439th Military Police Detachment Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
World War II: European-African-Middle Eastern Theater, Streamer without inscription
Southwest Asia: Liberation and Defense of Kuwait, Cease-Fire
War on Terrorism: Campaigns to be determined
Decorations
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2004