~ 720th Military Police Battalion Vietnam History Project ~
1968 Roster
Alpha Company, 720th MP Battalion
This Page Last Updated  18 April 2018
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18th MP
Brigade
89th MP
Group
720th MP
Battalion
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Located
Casualty
Wounded
Photograph
Reunion Association Lifetime Member
Lenhart, Michael E.   COL Ret.
CPT
Company Commander Transferred to HQ Detachment S3, 95th MP Battalion.
Vogt, Robert W.
1LT
Brothers, Donley W.
CPT
Smith, Leland D.
CPT
Smith, Jeffrey P.
1LT
Executive Officer
Dunlop, Michael L.
1LT
Transferred from 212th MP Company.
Walling Earl G, Jr. "Duke"
CPT
Transferred to HQ Detachment.
Smith, Joseph G.
1LT
Transferred from C Company.
Phillips, William H. Jr.
1LT
OIC Operation Overtake
Reese, Arthur J.
1SG
 Transferred from C Company, First Sergeant
King, Odis W.
1SG
 
Abell, Robert W.
SP/4
Operation Overtake, Xuan Loc Detachment.
Abney, Larry A.
SP/4
Adamski, Joseph
SGT
Allen, Galen H.
SP/4
Anttila, William H.
SP/4
Long Binh Stockade Riot Reaction Force Detail, Operation Overtake, Bearcat Detachment.
Armstrong, Larry J.
SGT
Bearcat Detachment
Augustine, John L.
SP/4
Transferred from B Company.
Austin, Delbert D. Jr.
PFC
Transferred to B Company.
Baker, Ronald G.
SP/4
Convoy Escort, POW Escort Team
Baldwin, George H.
SP/4
TAOR Ambush & Recon, Operation Overtake
Banderamos, Cyril "Tony"
SP/4
Bassett, Mark S.
SP/4
Xuan Loc Convoyy, Operation Overtake- Day.
Battle, Leslie E.
SGT
Bess, Charlie
SP/4
Tactical Wire Operations Specialist
Bethume, James G.
SP/4
Food Service Specialist
Blair
SP/4
Bond, Edward W. Jr.
SP/4
Boren, Larry E.
SP/4
TAOR Ambush & Recon Transferred to C Company.
Branham, David D.
SP/4
 Operation Overtake
Bridges, Fragir
SGT
Desk Sergeant Bearcat Detachment.
Brown, William W.
PFC
Brown, George
SP/4
Burk, Carlton W.
SSG
Burton, Jimmie
PFC
POW Escort, Xuan Loc Convoy, Phu Loi Detachment.
Busjhan
PFC
Byrd, Daniel
PFC
Tactical Wire Operations Specialist
Byrd, Robert J.
SFC
Campbell, Leslie D.
SP/4
Connell, Robert  "Breeze"
SP/4
Transferred from 101st Airborne Division. Xuan Loc Convoy.
Coors, Anthony
SP/5
Unit Supply Specialist
Crissom, Oliver
PFC
Crockett, Hale T.
SP/4
Operation Overtake
Dalessandro, Paul
PFC
Darmas, Joseph A. Jr.
PFC
Davidson, James A.
SP/4
Derosia, Michael J.
SP/4
DeWitt, John P.
SSG
V100 Crew Member, Operation Overtake
Ellithorpe, Michael
PFC
Ethington, Gregory
SP/4
  Bearcat Detachment
Evans, John A.
SP/4
Fausio (spell?), Larry D.
PFC
Fenner, Terry L.
SP/4
Fernandez, David L.
PFC
Xuan Loc Convoy
Fisher, Terry
SP/4
POW Escort
Foster, Steve
SP/4
Operation Overtake
Georges, Liston A.
SGT
Bearcat Detachment
Goolsby,
SGT
Xuan Loc Convoy
Glushakow, Stephen M.
SP/4
Transferred from HQ Detachment.
Griffith, Jesse
PFC
Operation Overtake
Goss, James Michael
SGT
Operation Overtake
Guilford, Eugene E.
SP/4
    Operation OvertakeBearcat Detachment
Hager, William R.
SP/4
Xuan Loc Convoy
Hansen, Robert L.
SFC
Hardy. Alvin
SP/5
POW  Hospital Guard, Reassigned to HQ Detachment.
Hargraves, Michael E.
PFC
Tay Ninh Convoy
Harley "Airborne"
SP/4
Xuan Loc Convoy, Operation Overtake-Night, POW Escorts
Harris, John W.
PFC
Haynes, John G.
SP/4
Heck, Terry
SP/4
Hennessy, Michael P.
SGT
V100 Crew member
Herrera, Robert
SP/4
  Bearcat Detachment
Hilden, William L.
SP/4
Bearcat Detachment
Hill, ?amiles
SP/4
Hinaman, James R.
SP/4
Hogans, Ronald
SSG
Bearcat Detachment
Holland, William T.
SGT
POW Escort
Howey, Keith
PFC
Hulst, Henry J.
PFC
Transferred from 615th MP Company.
Hunter,
SGT
Jones, Sim
SP/4
Tactical Wire Opertations Specialist
Kanze, George R.
SSG
King, Johnny H. Jr.
SGT
NCOIC V100 Trail Boss, Operation Overtake
Kinsmy, Richard W.
PFC
Kirchgfssner, Daniel P.
SGT
Mechanical Maintenance Helper
Klotzer, Fred
SGT
Xuan Loc Convoy
Kopasek, Richard T.
PFC
Kriss, Alan
PFC
Lahargoue, George L.
SP/4
3rd Platoon, Operation Overtake-Night
Lamar, James R.
PFC
Bearcat Detachment, Injured on durty, returtned to CONUS 1969.
Lambert, George D.
SFC
Lane, William D.
PFC
Lazenby, Tim A.
PFC
Field Communications Electronics Equipment Mechanic
Lee, Michael
PFC
Lee, William H. III
SP/4
Bearcat Detachment
Lipscomb, George
SFC
Long, Thomas D.
PFC
Lyttle, James R.
SGT
Operation Overtake
Maddalini, Stephen D.
PFC
Malcom, David E.
PFC
Xuan Loc Detachment
Markle, Michael F.
SP/4
Motor Pool
Marsh,
SGT
Martin, Warren L.
PFC
Xuan Loc Convoy
Mason, Melvin L. Jr.
SP/4
POW Escorts
Matterson, Robert M.
SP/4
McKarrel, Randall
PFC
McGruff, Larry N.
PFC
McGuire, Henry A.
SGT
Tactical Communications Chief
McGuire, Timothy M.
SP/4
Operation Overtake-Night
McKellogg, John K. "Jack"
SP/4
McKeon, Thomas R.
SP/4
Operation Overtake-Day, POW Escort
Meyer, Richard L.
PFC
Miley, Larry J.
PFC
Mobley, Thomas H.
PFC
Molda, George F.
PFC
Operation Overtake Static Patrols, POW Escort
Molnar, George P.
SP/4
Operation Overtake
Mondello, George
SGT
Moore, Gregory
PFC
Morgan, James
SGT
Bearcat Detachment, Desk Sergeant
Morrison, Joseph W.
PFC
Neiferd, Paul A.
PFC
Nesbett, Robert C.
PFC
Netzel, Kenneth M.
PFC
Xuan Loc Convoy
Norton, Lawrence E. Jr.
SFC
POW Escort
Odham, Warren L. Jr.
SP/4
Operation Overtake, Reaction Force 1969 Post Tet Offensive
Oesterreich, Martin G.
PFC
O'Neil, Robert W.
PFC
Pense, Carl D.
PFC
Perfin, Harry R.
SP/4
Xuan Loc Convoy
Pickens, Douglas M.
SP/4
Poflo, Ronald J.
PFC
Poplos, Ronald J.
SP/4
Convoy Escort, POW Escort
Popovich, Ernest L. "Sandy" SFC Ret.
SGT
Operation Overtake, Tay Ninh & Xuan Loc Convoys, Transferred to B Company.
Pospisil, Oskar R.
PFC
Powell, Thomas R.
SP/4
Ratliff, Charles R.
PFC
Ricketts, Larry  L.
SSG
Roberson, James L.
SP/4
Ross, Charles E.
SGT
Bearcat Detachment Desk Sergeant
Russell, Ledford S.
PFC
Salge, Ernest E.
SP/4
Sanford, Johnny W.
SGT
General Vehicle Repairman Transferred from HQ Detachment.
Samul, Thomas J.
PFC
POW Escort
Schuchter, Kenneth E.
PFC
Seay, Robert P.
SP/4
Operation Overtake
Seivert, Rodman "Rod"
SP/4
Sharp. Kornel
PFC
Shawver, Jerome S.
PFC
Operation Overtake-Day.
Shelley, Allen W.
PFC
Light Wheeled Vehicle Mechanic
Sherman, Alan J. "Sherm"
SP/4
Operation Overtake
Simon, Stephen J.
SP/4
Unit Supply Specialist
Smith, Hubert R.
PFC
Smith, Timothy W.
PFC
Spoljarick, Ronald "Spoony"
SP/4
Xuan Loc Convoy, POW Escort
Stuart, James A.
SP/4
Summerville, James R.
PFC
Switzer,
PFC
Xuan Loc Convoy
Tallet, Clinton O.
SSG
Tangorra, Frank
PFC
Convoy Escort, POW Escort
Thomas, Randolph A.
PFC
Tope, Jerry L.
PFC
Tucker, Edward W.
PFC
Tuepker, James M.
SP/4
Xuan Loc Convoy
Uppman, David R.
PFC
VanBren, Abraham
SP/4
Varnik,
SGT
Verbason, Albert H.
PFC
Vereb, John S.
SP/4
Vetrano, Neil
SP/4
   Stockade Reaction Force, Bearcat Detachment, Operation Overtake.
Wachekowski,
SP/4
Walshak, Robert J.
SSG
Tay Ninh & Xuan Loc Convoys, Operation Overtake, POW Escort
Wantz, Thomas L.
PFC
Wells,
SP/4
POW Escort
West, Stephen B.
SP/4
Unit Supply Specialist
Westby, Terrance L.
SP/4
PFC
POW Escort
Wheaton, Willie A.
PFC
Wiercinski, Kenneth
SP/4
Wiley, Darryl
SGT
Xuan Loc Convoy
Williams, Charles H.
SP/4
Wilson, David H.
PFC
Woolet, Harley J.
SP/4
Zakowski, John E.
PFC
Xuan Loc Convoy, POW Escorts