~~~ 720th Military Police Battalion Reunion Association ~ Vietnam History Project ~~~
SP/4/SSG Richard L. Steinberg (1SG Ret.)
88th/212th MP Company, 95th & 720th MP Battalion's
August 1965 to August 1966 & 1968 to 1969
       Rich Steinberg was one of the "original" members of the 88th/212th MP Company, 95th MP Battalion. He served as a sentry dog handler from August 1965 to August 1966. Rich was a SP/4 when he left after his first tour.

        He returned to Vietnam for another tour and for most of 1968 was a Detachment NCOIC for the 212th MP Company, 720th MP Battalion. He was a SSG when he left in early 1969.

       Rich stayed on active duty and eventually was a senior Military Working Dog Handler Instructor. When he retired from the Army in 1984, he was the 1SG of the Army's training detachment at the Department Of Defense Dog Center at Lackland Air Force Base. He stayed in the program for several more years as an Air Force Civil Service employee.

     Rich now works at the Bay Pines VA Medical Center near St. Petersburg, Florida and can be reached at, Richard L. Steinberg 7661 Dover Court North St. Petersburg, FL 33709
727 548-0029 or 727-642-6393 (Cell) k9top@tampabay.rr.com

Photographs G2244

~ Use Your Browser Button To Return ~