Lineage and Honors Information as of 4 January 2011
501st MILITARY POLICE COMPANY
Constituted 10 July 1940 in the Regular Army as the Military Police Platoon, Headquarters Company, 1st Armored Division
Activated 15 July 1940 at Fort Knox, Kentucky
Reorganized and redesignated 1 January 1942 as the Military Police Platoon, Service Company, 1st Armored Division
Reorganized and redesignated 20 July 1944 as the Military Police Platoon, 1st Armored Division
Inactivated 26 April 1946 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey
Redesignated 27 February 1951 as the 501st Military Police Company, an element of the 1st Armored Division
Activated 7 March 1951 at Fort Hood, Texas
Inactivated 23 December 1957 at Fort Polk, Louisiana
Activated 3 February 1962 at Fort Hood, Texas
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
World War II
Tunisia
Naples-Foggia
Rome-Arno
North Apennines
Po Valley
Southwest Asia
Defense of Saudi Arabia
Liberation and Defense of Kuwait
Cease-Fire
War on Terrorism
Iraq:
Iraqi Surge
(Additional campaigns to be determined)
DECORATIONS
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA 1990-1991
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2003
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2007-2008
Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 1995-1996
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
PETER D. CREAN
COL, LG
Director, Center of Military History