Lineage and Honors Information as of 21 October 2010
455th MILITARY POLICE DETACHMENT
Constituted 13 January 1945 in the Army of the United States as the 455th Military Police Gate and Patrol Detachment
Activated 21 March 1945 in the England
Redesignated 21 April 1945 as the 455th Military Police Patrol Detachment
Inactivated 14 January 1946 in England
Redesignated 24 January 1949 as the 455th Military Police Criminal Investigation Detachment and allotted to the Organized Reserve Corps
(Organized Reserve Corps redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)
Activated 24 February 1949 in Oshkosh, Wisconsin
Redesignated 11 June 1954 as the 455th Military Police Detachment
Inactivated 18 May 1959 at Oshkosh, Wisconsin
Activated 22 February 1972 at Fort Worth, Texas
Inactivated 16 October 1980 at Fort Worth, Texas
Activated 16 September 1998 at Uniondale, New York
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDITS
World War II
European Theater
War on Terrorism
Campaigns to be determined
DECORATIONS
None
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
PETER D. CREAN
COL, LG
Director, Center of Military History