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Since 20 January 1942 the soldiers of the 720th Military Police Battalion have proudly represented our country while standing duty with boots on the ground in the following countries and territories. On these deployments they have honorably served with distinction, pride, and valor when engaged in our national defense, rendering humanitarian assistance, and providing security or training.

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Foreign Deployments ~ 1942 to current

Australia1942

Papua

.1943

Philippines 1944

..Japan..1945-1955

Marshall Is.

1958

Thailand

1963

Vietnam1966-1972

Honduras 1983/1993

Virgin Is.1989

Panama 1989-1990

Bosnia1996/97/98

Cuba-Gitmo 1993/94/2002

Saudi Arabia1990

Kuwait1991

Somalia1993

Egypt2001

Afghanistan2002

0Iraq2003-Current

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Memorial Grove ~ Gauntlet Field

Photographs Courtesy of SSG James A. Thompson, 64th MP Company, 720th MP Battalion, 2003-2005

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~ Soldiers Of The Gauntlet Battalion Honor Roll ~

They shall not grow old, as we that are left grow old.
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.

At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them. Lest we Forget.

[Robert] Laurence Binyon
1869 - 1943

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The display of the Purple Heart indicates the casualty was killed in action.

When the Battalion was activated on 10 January 1942 for World War II, it consisted of HQ Company, A, B, C, D Companies, and a Medical Detachment.

No Photographs Currently On File

SGT Frederick A. Burness
B Company
22 April 1944 ~ MIA

Coral Sea, Papua New Guinea WWII

No Photographs Currently On File

PFC John J. Eberling
D Company
28 February 1944
Papua New Guinea, WWII

No Photographs Currently On File

PFC William D. Kain
C Company
12 November 1944
Papua New Guinea, WWII

No Photographs Currently On File

SGT Walter Scripp
Headquarters Company
12 November 1944
Papua New Guinea, WWII

No Photographs Currently On File

PFC Joseph P. Waldron
D Company
8 February 1945
Philippine Islands, WWII

Being Researched

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During the Vietnam War the Battalion organic units consisted of HQ Detachment and three letter companies, A, B and C. Subordinate units that suffered casualties while attached to the Battalion were the 615th MP Company and 188th MP Company.

PFC Charles D. Damsgard
C Company
8 December 1966

Vietnam

No Photographs Currently On File

PFC Alan C. Schroyer
A Company
4 March 1967
Vietnam

PFC William L. Sanders
615th MP Company
12 May 1967

Vietnam

SGT Jewel F. Dodge
C Company
11 July 1967

Vietnam

CPL Robert E. Clowe
A Company
19 August 1967

Vietnam

SP/4 Wallace M. Jackson
A Company
19 August 1967

Vietnam

No Photographs Currently On File

PFC Duane E. Carter
A Company
3 November 1967
Vietnam

No Photographs Currently On File

SGT Ward G. Walter
C Company
29 November 1967

Vietnam

No Photographs Currently On File

PFC John E. Davis
615th MP Company
13 December 1967
Vietnam

SP/4 Bernard D. Johnson
C Company
25 December 1967
Vietnam

PFC Daniel J. Flynn
C Company
25 May 1968

Vietnam

SSG John H. Wilkens
A Company
28 May 1968

Vietnam

SP/4 Dennis R. Mason
A Company
28 May 1968

Vietnam

PFC Roy W. Neal
A Company
28 May 1968

Vietnam

SGT Apimenio Lara
C Company
30 May 1968

Vietnam

SFC Frank A. Condon
C Company
6 June 1968

Vietnam

No Photographs Currently On File

SP/4 Lewis R. Lovell, Jr.
C Company
6 June 1968

Vietnam

SP/4 Milton J. Johnson
C Company
29 July 1968
Vietnam

No Photographs Currently On File

SP/4 Guy A. Davison
C Company
25 August 1968

Vietnam

PFC Robert Alicea
B Company
1 October 1968

Vietnam

No Photographs Currently On File

PFC Clair L. Westlake, Jr.
A Company
1 January 1969
Vietnam

No Photographs Currently On File

PFC William J. Hayes
B Company
2 January 1969
Vietnam

SSG Richard E. Slaven
B Company
29 March 1969

Vietnam

PFC David L. Hemke
B Company
31 January 1970
Vietnam

SP/4 David A. Johnson
B Company
31 January 1970
Vietnam

PFC Robert L. McArthur
B Company
31 January 1970
Vietnam

No Photographs Currently On File

PFC Joseph R. Hardee
A Company
6 February 1970
Vietnam

SGT Dennis R. Heerman
188th MP Company
7 March 1970
Vietnam

SP/4 Thaddeus Dennis
B Company
11 April 1971
Vietnam

PVT Augustus Adams
C Company
1 June 1971
Vietnam

No Photographs Currently On File

SP/4 John H. Morris, Jr.
C Company
9 July 1971
Vietnam

SP/4 Larry F. Miller
B Company
16 October 1971
Vietnam

After returning to the United States from Vietnam the letter companies reverted to their historical numerical designation. A Company became the 401st MP Company, B Company became the 410th MP Company, and C Company became the 411th MP Company.

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In 1989 Battalion units were assigned for security duty in Panama in the Canal Zone on a rotation schedule. During the start of Operation Just Cause it was the 401st MP Company.

No Photographs Currently On File

PFC Scott L. Roth
401st MP Company
20 December 1989

Panama

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During the "First Gulf War," Operation Desert Shield/Storm, a subordinate unit that suffered a casualty while attached to the Battalion was the 838th MP Company.

No Photographs Currently On File

PFC Hans C. R. Avey
411th MP Company
7 January 1991
Saudi Arabia

SGT Mark J. Gologram
838th MP Company
Ohio ARNG
7 June 2003
Saudi Arabia

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During the global war against Islamic Fascism, and Operation Iraqi Freedom, other MP units would be assigned subordinate to the Battalion and at times organic Battalion units would be assigned subordinate to other commands.

SPC Narson B. Sullivan
411th MP Company
25 April 2003
Iraq

PFC Jesse M. Halling
401st MP Company
7 June 2003

Iraq

SSG Ricky A. Kieffer
C Co. 1/182 Field Artillery
Michigan ARNG
15 March 2005
Iraq

PFC Aaron M. Hudson
401st MP Company
16 April 2005

Iraq

2LT Matthew S. Coutu
64th MP Company
27 June 2005

Iraq

PFC Timothy J. Hines, Jr.
64th MP Company
14 July 2005

Iraq

SPC John O. Tollefson
411th MP Company
27 July 2005

Iraq

SPC Adrian J. Butler
411th MP Company
27 July 2005

Iraq

SGT Andrew J. Derrick
411th MP Company
25 September 2005

Iraq

SGT Julia V. Atkins
64th MP Company
10 December 2005

Iraq

No Photographs Currently On File

SSG Richard T. Gesell
HQ Detachment
24 July 2006
Fort Hood, Texas

SPC Joseph A. Graves
110th MP Company
23 September 2006

Iraq

SSG Gregory W.G. McCoy
410th MP Company
9 November 2006

Iraq

SGT Courtland A. Kennard
410th MP Company
9 November 2006

Iraq

PFC Katie M. Soenksen
410th MP Company
2 May 2007

Iraq

SPC William A. Farrar, Jr.
127th MP Company
11 May 2007

Iraq

SGT Bruce E. Horner
127th MP Company
1 June 2007

Iraq

PFC Brandon K. Bobb
401st MP Company
17 July 2007

Iraq

PFC Ron J. Joshua, Jr.
401st MP Company
17 July 2007

Iraq

SPC Matthew M. Murchison
127th MP Company
4 August 2007

Iraq

SPC Kamisha J. Block
401st MP Company
20 August 2007
Iraq

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If you know of any 'Soldiers Of The Gauntlet' who's names do not appear above, members of the 720th MP Battalion or its subordinate units that died in the line of duty, were killed in action in time of war or peace, while on active duty, please notify the History Project Manager via this dedicated Email Link.

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