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August 1970 ~ Battalion Timeline
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1 December 2014
 

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.

Bravo Company was headquartered at Vinh Long, in Vinh Long Province, and the 22nd Provost Marshal Detachment at Can Tho in Phong Dinh Province, both in IV Corps Tactical Zone, Mekong Delta Region.
18th MP
Brigade
89th MP
Group
720th MP
Battalion
August

The Battalion authorized strength at the start of the month was, 29 Officers, 2 Warrant Officers, and 754 Enlisted Men. Their assigned strength was, 24 Officers, 2 Warrant Officers, and 725 Enlisted Men.
2 August

     1LT Gerald C. Peru of C Company departed.
8 August

     CPT Raymond F. Cox, Jr. is reassigned from B Company and duty as the Provost Marshal in Vinh Long, to HQ & HQ Detachment, Long Binh Post as battalion adjutant.
CPT Cox

 
14 August

     1LT David K. Wenger, II departed as B Company platoon leader.
22 August

     1LT Frederick A. Barnett is assigned as platoon leader for B Company.
24 August

     1LT Larry A. Garland is assigned as platoon leader for B Company.
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