720th
1966 Roster ~ 720th MP Battalion
Fort Hood, Texas & South Vietnam
~ 720th MP Battalion Reunion Association ~ History Project ~
4th
18th Bde
 
This Page Last Updated 17 February 2008
 
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Battalion Rosters, Fort Hood, Texas ~ 1 January to 30 September 1966
Casualty
Deceased
Photographs
Located
Association Member
 
HQ Detachment
Hill, Glen A.
LTC
Battalion Commander
Richardson, James O.
MAJ
Battalion Executive Officer
 
A Company
Roides, John P.
PFC
Patrick, Charles
PFC
Short, Gary W.
PFC
 
B Company
Lewis, James R.
SGT
Portnoy, Allan M.
PFC
 
C Company
Dunn, Ralph R.
CPT
Commanding Officer
Schooley, Thomas A.
1LT
Platoon Leader
McAlister,
1SG
First Sergeant
Beery, James
PFC
Eisenhower, Royce
PFC
1st Platoon
Erickson, Ronald
PFC
Fleeks, Odie G. Jr. PFC
Franasiak, Chester
PFC
1st Platoon
Kelley, Gerald W.
SP/4
Kidder, Ronald F.
PFC
1st Platoon
LaRuffa, Joseph D.
PFC
1st Platoon
Racca, Richard J.
PFC
1st Platoon
Rhodes, Cecil A.
PFC
1st Platoon
Schmidt, Gerald C.
PFC
1st Platoon
Schnell, Charles D.
PFC
1st Platoon
Shoemaker, Glen R.
PFC
1st Platoon
Young, Elwood R.
PFC
Vaughn, Bobbie E.
SGT
1st Platoon
Wood, Barry N.
PFC
1st Platoon
 
Battalion Rosters, Vietnam ~ 1 October to 31 December 1966         
 
10 October advanced party arrived, remainder of HQ Detachment, A, B & C Companies arrived 19 October.
 
 
Surbordinate Units assigned to the Battalion
The Cell was reassigned to 87th CID Detachment, CID Group Provisional, Bien Hoa just after arrival.
19 December the 615th MP Company was reassigned from the 716th MP Battalion to the 720th MP Battalion.