615th

In early 1966 the 615th moved from Tent City to the International Hotel in Saigon. It was sometime after the move that they started to change from the MACV patch to the 1st Field Forces patch.

The Company was primarily responsible for the physical security of facilities when it was in Saigon. The bachelor officers quarter's, unit headquarters, including General Westmoreland's compound. They also worked town patrol in Saigon with the 716th MP Battalion.

Guard Mount would be held in the International Hotel after which the MPs would report for duty at the Saigon Central MP Station.

They also conducted occasional convoy escorts out of the Port of Saigon, the majority going to Bien Hoa. There was also a small detachment that worked a (daylight only) Vietnamese Police outpost between Saigon and Bien Hoa. Editors Note: It is believed that this was Thu Duc.

20 January Platoon Sergeant, SSG Jerry E. Jensen is promoted to Sergeant First Class.

February During the last two weeks of February through the end of May the 3rd Platoon was assigned from Saigon to security duties at the Long Binh Post construction site of the II Field Forces Headquarters.

The platoon stayed in a compound in Bien Hoa City during the assignment. 2LT William E. Thomas, 3rd Platoon Leader, billeted with an aid of the Commanding General of II Field Forces at his villa in Bien Hoa.

June CPT Larry Wolmering was company commander of the 615th from June 1966 to February 1967.

17 June PFC Barry Ronald Walker, age 20 of Chicago, Illinois died as a result of non-hostile accidental drowning. Details of the circumstances surrounding his casualty are pending further research.

WANTED Photograph and information concerning the circumstances of PFC Walker's casualty, please contact the History Project Manager via the Email Link above.

September With the arrival of the 18th Military Police Brigade, to which all military police units not directly assigned to U.S. tactical commands were now subordinate, the 615th changed patches once again.

Due to the number of units falling under the brigade umbrella there was a shortage on available 18th Brigade patches. The Company solved the dilemma by hiring a local Vietnamese merchant to make up the shortfall.

The 615th had a detachment of MP's in Bien Hoa as early as the fall of 1966, commanded by 1LT Tom O'Malley, that provided protection for one of the corps headquarters.

Before the 615th left for Long Binh, it was reinforced by a volunteer platoon of infantryman (fall of 1966) who were originally slated for airborne units commanded by, 1LT John McNamara, who also commanded a regular platoon. When the 615th left for Long Binh Post, the "airborne" volunteer platoon was disbanded.

The third platoon leader in the 615th was 1LT Bill McGuinness, who was a regular army officer and was assigned to the company after serving 6 months as an infantry officer with the 25th Infantry Division.

716th

16 December The 615th MP Company, minus their 3rd Platoon, was reassigned from the 716th MP Battalion located in Saigon, to the 720th MP Battalion located in Long Binh Post. They administratively moved from Saigon to Long Binh Post.

720th

The 3rd Platoon remained at Pershing Field Compound, Tan Son Nhut, attached to the 92nd Military Police Battalion and would not join up again with the company until 16 April 1967.

92nd

24-25 December Reflections of how the MP's of the 615th spent their Christmas Eve and Day.