22 PMO Detachment  MAJ Jerry E. Jackson was assigned as the Provost Marshal of IV Corps and as the commanding officer of the 22nd PMO Detachment replacing MAJ Crispus C. Nix.

Xuan Loc Detachment  For approximately 45 minutes two companies of North Vietnamese Army regulars attacked Regional Forces/Popular Forces (RF/PF) units conducting road clearing operations and captured and occupied Hung Loc Village, eight miles west of Xuan Loc. The adjacent highways including Highway QL-1, a major supply route for III Corps Tactical Zone/Military Region, were declared “red.”

     1SG Ronald R. Hockett assumed the duties as B Company first sergeant from 1SG Donald R. Davis.

     The Battalion realigned the combat support and combat service support missions within Military Region III (III Corps), which were previously accomplished by A and C Company.

     Company A was responsible for operating provost marshal offices at Phu Loi, Bearcat and Vung Tau, and for convoy escort from Long Binh to Cu Chi-Tay Ninh, Vung Tau, Quan Loi and Phuoc Vinh.

     Company C was responsible for operating provost marshal offices at Lai Khe, Xuan Loc, Tay Ninh and Di An, and for convoy escort operations from Long Binh to Bao Loc, Phan Thiet, Song Be, Ham Tam, Bu Dop, and Bu Gia Mop.

     The armored vehicles within the Battalion were divided between A and C Company. The personnel assigned to A Company for convoy escort purposes were reassigned to C Company, and personnel from C Company that were assigned to provost marshal offices at Di An, Lai Khe, Tay Ninh and Xuan Loc were reassigned to A Company.

      The Commanding Officer of A Company was designated as Area Provost Marshal, Military Region III (III CTZ), less U.S. Army Headquarters Area Command (USAHAC), Long Binh, Bien Hoa and Saigon, subordinate to the battalion commander.

      This mission realignment improved operational efficiency within the Battalion in that it allowed the total commitment of A Company and C Company to be geared to the primary missions in which the unit was engaged.

     The responsibility for investigation of offenses involving the use and possession of dangerous drugs and marijuana reverted from Criminal Investigation Division (CID), to the operational military policeman to include processing the evidence for laboratory analysis and final typing and distribution of related reports.

     One additional clerk had to be added to each provost marshal office, Vung Tau, Phu Loi, Bearcat, Tay Ninh and Lai Khe from existing resources to handle the additional workload.

     From 26 May to 31 October, a total of 241 complaints involving the use and possession of marijuana and dangerous drugs were processed and a total of 98 offenders had been identified.

     The accelerator stuck and the brakes died on a C Company V100 as it was returning to the company compound across the street from the USARV Stockade. The driver turned the vehicle to avoid crashing through the stockade fence and it turned over and rolled into the roadside ditch. The four crew members were all injured. One suffered a broken ankle, one had several broken ribs and the two MPs who jumped off twisted their ankles.

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22nd PMO Detachment  MAJ Crispus C. Nix Provost Marshal Military Region IV of the 22nd Provost Marshal Detachment was reassigned.