Lineage and Honors Information as of 20 March 2009
512th MILITARY POLICE COMPANY
Constituted 27 February 1942 in the Army of the United States as the 224th Military Police Company
Activated 10 March 1942 at Fort Dix, New Jersey
Inactivated 25 January 1946 in the Philippine Islands
Redesignated 29 April 1947 as the 512th Military Police Service Company
Activated 20 May 1947 in Korea
Reorganized and redesignated 1 December 1948 as the 512th Military Police Company
Allotted 25 October 1951 to the Regular Army
Inactivated 24 June 1955 in Korea
Activated 1 July 1956 at Fort Huachuca, Arizona
Inactivated 30 April 1983 at Fort Huachuca, Arizona
Activated 16 October 2008 at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
World War II
Leyte
Korean War
UN Defensive
UN Offensive
CCF Intervention
First UN Counteroffensive
CCF Spring Offensive
UN Summer-Fall Offensive
Second Korean Winter
Korea, Summer-Fall 1952
Third Korean Winter
Korea, Summer 1953
DECORATIONS
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered KOREA 1952-1953
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered KOREA 1953-1954
Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 1944 TO
4 JULY 1945
Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 1950-1952
Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 1952-1953
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
JEFFREY J. CLARKE
Chief of Military History