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Return To 1970 Index

Last Updated 1 December 2014

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At the start of the month Battalion HQ Detachment, its organic letter companies and the 212th MP Company (Sentry Dog) were headquartered subordinate to the 89th MP Group, 18th MP Brigade, III Corps Tactical Zone, Bien Hoa Province, Long Binh Post, South Vietnam. The 188th Company was headquartered at Vinh Long, in Vinh Long Provence, the 22nd Provost Marshal Detachment at Can Tho in Phong Dinh Province, both in IV Corps Tactical Zone, Mekong Delta Region, and the 146th MP Platoon in Vung Tau, Phuoc Tuy Province, III Corps Tactical Zone.

Note: During the Vietnam war the 146th was attached to the Battalion briefly in 1970 for administrative and logistical command when its members worked at Vung Tau, and the MACV Headquarters on Long Binh Post.

18th MP Brigade

89th MP Group

720th MP Battalion

Exact Date Unknown   "In mid-June, while returning from a week of ambush and recon, we were crossing an open field en route to our pick up point on the river [Tactical Area Of Responsibility]. When most of the squad was in the clearing, we came under sniper fire. We had a new squad leader, a sergeant named “Tiny” [SGT Henry F. “Tiny” Fraley] who was new to the field, and he led us through the middle of the clearing (shorter) rather than walking along the tree line (greater concealment and cover if ambushed). Fortunately, there was a trough along our left flank where we were able to obtain cover and return fire." SP/4 Michael J. Ambrose, “Ambi,” B Company, 720th MP Battalion, 89th MP Group, 18th MP Brigade, Long Binh Post, Vietnam, March-September 1970.

SGT Fraley

22nd PMO Detachment  CPT Arvel L. Acoach, Jr. departed as Deputy Provost Marshal of the 22nd Provost Marshal Detachment, Military Region IV, (Mekong Delta).

22nd PMO Detachment  MAJ Crispus C. Nix of HQ & HQ Detachment is assigned to the 22nd Provost Marshal Detachment as the new Provost Marshal in IV Corps Tactical Zone (Mekong Delta Region).

     1LT Thomas W. Hughes is assigned as a Platoon Leader in A Company

22nd PMO Detachment  MAJ John R. Taylor departed as Provost Marshal Military Region IV (Mekong Delta Region).

22nd PMO Detachment  CPT Edward F. Robinson is assigned to the 22nd Provost Marshal Detachment, IV Corps Tactical Zone (Mekong Delta Region) as the Operations Officer.