796th Military Police Battalion
Lineage and Honors Information as of 1 October 2007
796th Military Police Battalion Lineage
Constituted 23 June 1942 in the Army of the United States as the 795th Military Police Battalion
Activated 9 July 1942 at Fort Sam Houston, Texas
Reorganized and redesignated 5 August 1946 as the 796th Military Police Service Battalion
Reorganized and redesignated 15 February 1951 as the 796th Military Police Battalion
Allotted 2 November 1951 to the Regular Army
Inactivated 16 March 1953 in Austria
Headquarters transferred 15 January 2007 to the United States Army Training and Doctrine Command and activated at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri
796th Military Police Battalion Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
World War II: Northern France, Rhineland
Decorations
None