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D Company, 87th Infantry (Rifle Security)
Vietnam Era Roster
95th & 720th MP Battalions, 89th MP Group, 18th MP Brigade ~ Long Binh Post
This Page Last Updated  22 October 2018
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REASSIGNED: Those soldiers that were D Company, (Mortar Platoon) 95th MP Battalion on Long Binh Post when it stood-down in 1969, and were transferred OPCON to B Company, 720th MP Battalion.
720th MP
Battalion

18th MP Brigade
89th MP
Group
95th MP
Battalion
Located
Casualty
Wounded
Photograph
1968 ~ 1969
Ayres, Danny K.
SGT
Cogido Barge Site Security, Main Gate
Hooten, Charles "Papasan"
SP/4
Dong Nai River POL Pump Site Security.
Knasel, Billy Joe
SGT
Outpost #2 Long Hung Village
Martin,
SP/4
Matthews, Robert D. "Sue"
PFC
Reassigned Indirect Fire Infantryman Mortar Crew.
Mewborn, Larry
SP/4
Dong Nai River POL Pump Site Security.
Moore, Marvin "Moe"
SSG
Reassigned Platoon Sergeant, Indirect Fire Infantryman Mortar Crew.
Penton, Theodore E. "Weasel"
SGT
Reassigned Indirect Fire Infantryman Mortar Crew.
Pridemore, Dallas R.
SSG
Captured-POW, body never recovered.
Thurston,
SP/4
Whitley, Howard Gene
SP/4
  Transferred from 198th Light Infantry Bde. Dong Nai RiverPOL Pump Site Security
Williams, Phillip D.
SP/4
Dong Nai River POL Pump Site Security, Armorer
Vandusen, Carl
PFC
Reassigned Indirect Fire Infantryman Mortar Crew.
D Company, 87th Infantry (Rifle Security)
United States Army Republic of Vietnam, Military Region I
USARV
REDESIGNATED: Those soldiers that were assigned to the 1st Security Company and redesignated 1 June 1971 as D Company, 87th Infantry (Rifle Security), USARV, Military Region I.
Located
Casualty
Wounded
Photograph
1 June 1971 ~ 30 April 1972
Kushner, Larry
CPT
Redesignated Commanding Officer (Infantry)
Kopac, Andrew J.
1LT
Redesignated Executive Officer (MP)
Blazer, Hugh L.
1LT
Redesignated Platoon Leader (Infantry)
McAndrews, Thomas
1LT
Redesignated Platoon Leader (MP)
Calavera, Donard       CSM Ret.
SGT
Camp Baxter, Da Nang.
Cook, Greg
SGT
Redesignated NCOIC, North Gate Island Operations.
Doyle W. Gonzales  "Speedy"
PFC
Tan My
Franson, Michael
SP/4
Redesignated Armorer
Lee, Frank
SP/4
Tan My, DaNang - Camp Baxter. Chemical Equipment Repairman.
Malpass, Jerry
SP/4
Tan My, DaNang - Camp Baxter.
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