Battalion 1972 Time Line Index
~ 720th Military Police Battalion Reunion Association ~ Vietnam History Project ~
"The willingness with which our young people are likely to serve in any war, no matter how justified, shall be directly proportional as to how they perceive the veterans of earlier wars were treated and appreciated by their nation."..... President George Washington
Allied Troop levels In South Vietnam for 1972
South Vietnamese 1,048,000
American 24,200
Australian 130
New Zealand 50
South Korea 36,790
Philippines 50
Thailand 50
MP Corps
18th Bde.
720th
U.S. Casualties 1972: 561 Killed (all categories), 3,963 Wounded, 11 Missing In Action
720th MP Battalion Casualties 1972: 0 Killed In Action, 0 Line Of Duty Deaths, WIA statistics unavailable.
North Vietnamese Army & Viet Cong: 4,261 Killed, with 1,394 captured in action.
 
 
13 August Day 2,135 ot its tour, the Battalion was deactivated in South Vietnam.
 
 
 
 
 
 
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