~ 720th Military Police Battalion Reunion Association History Project ~

720th MP Battalion Memorial Grove
Gauntlet Field, Fort Hood, Texas
Dedicated ~ 15 June 2006
 
This Page Updated  26 January 2012
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        Since 20 January 1942 the soldiers of the 720th Military Police Battalion have proudly represented our country while standing duty with boots on the ground in the following countries and territories. On these deployments they have honorably served with distinction, pride, and valor when engaged in our national defense, rendering humanitarian assistance, and providing security or training.
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Foreign Deployments ~ 1942 to current
Australia1942
Papua
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.1943
Philippines  1944

..Japan..1945-1955
Marshall Is.1958
Thailand1963
Vietnam1966-1972
Honduras 1983/1993
Virgin Is.1989
Panama 1989-1990

Bosnia1996/97/98
Cuba-Gitmo 1993/94/2002
Saudi Arabia1990
Kuwait1991

Somalia1993
Egypt2001
Afghanistan2002
0Iraq2003-2010
Afghanistan2010-Current

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Memorial Grove ~ Gauntlet Field
Photographs Courtesy of SSG James A. Thompson, 64th MP Company, 720th MP Battalion, 2003-2005
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~ Soldiers Of The Gauntlet Honor Roll ~

They shall not grow old, as we that are left grow old.
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.

At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them. Lest we Forget.

[Robert] Laurence Binyon
1869 - 1943
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The display of the Purple Heart    indicates the casualty was killed in action.

     World War II  When the Battalion was activated on 10 January 1942 it consisted of HQ Company, A, B, C, D Companies, and a Medical Detachment.

Photograph Needed
SGT Frederick A. Burness
B Company
22 April 1944 ~ MIA
Coral Sea, Papua New Guinea WWII

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PFC John J. Eberling
D Company
28 February 1944
Papua New Guinea, WWII

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PFC William D. Kain
C Company
12 November 1944
Papua New Guinea, WWII

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SGT Walter Scripp
Headquarters Company
12 November 1944
Papua New Guinea, WWII

Photograph Needed

PFC Joseph P. Waldron
D Company
8 February 1945
Philippine Islands, WWII
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    Vietnam War During the war Battalion organic units consisted of HQ Detachment and three letter companies, A, B and C. Subordinate units that suffered casualties while attached to the Battalion were the 615th MP Company and 188th MP Company.
PFC Charles D. Damsgard
C Company
8 December 1966
Vietnam
PFC Alan C. Schroyer
A Company
4 March 1967
Vietnam
PFC William L. Sanders
615th MP Company
12 May 1967
Vietnam
SGT Jewel F. Dodge
C Company
11 July 1967
Vietnam
CPL Robert E. Clowe
A Company
19 August 1967 
Vietnam
SP/4 Wallace M. Jackson
A Company
19 August 1967
Vietnam
PFC Duane E. Carter
A Company
3 November 1967
Vietnam
SGT Ward G. Walter
C Company
29 November 1967
Vietnam

Photograph Needed
PFC John E. Davis
615th MP Company
13 December 1967
Vietnam
SP/4 Bernard D.Johnson
C Company
25 December 1967
Vietnam
PFC Daniel J. Flynn
C Company
25 May 1968
Vietnam
SSG John H. Wilkens
A Company
28 May 1968
Vietnam
SP/4 Dennis R.Mason
A Company
28 May 1968
Vietnam
PFC Roy W.Neal
A Company
28 May 1968
Vietnam
SGT Apamenio Lara
C Company
30 May 1968
Vietnam
SFC Frank A. Condon
C Company
6 June 1968
Vietnam
SP/4 Lewis R.Lovell, Jr.
C Company
6 June 1968
Vietnam
SP/4 Milton J. Johnson
C Company
29 July 1968
Vietnam
SP/4 Guy A. Davison
C Company
25 August 1968
Vietnam
PFC Robert Alicea
B Company
1 October 1968
Vietnam
Photograph Needed
PFC Clair L. Westlake, Jr.
A Company
1 January 1969
Vietnam
Photograph Needed
PFC William J. Hayes
B Company
2 January 1969
Vietnam
SSG Richard E. Slaven
B Company
29 March 1969
Vietnam
PFC David L. Hemke
B Company
31 January 1970
Vietnam
SP/4 David A. Johnson
B Company
31 January 1970
Vietnam
PFC Robert L. McArthur
B Company
31 January 1970
Vietnam
PFC Joseph R. Hardee
A Company
6 February 1970
Vietnam
SGT Dennis R. Heerman
188th MP Company
7 March 1970
Vietnam
SP/4 Thaddeus Dennis
B Company
11 April 1971
Vietnam
PVT Augustus Adams
C Company
1 June 1971
Vietnam
SP/4 John H. Morris, Jr.
C Company
9 July 1971
Vietnam
SP/4 Larry F. Miller
B Company
16 October 1971
Vietnam

     After returning to Fort Hood, TX from Vietnam the letter companies were deactivated.

A Company was replaced by the 401st MP Company, B Company the 410th MP Company, and C Company the 411th MP Company.

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     Operation JUST CAUSE ~ Panama In 1989 Battalion units were assigned for security duty in the Canal Zone on a rotation schedule. During the start it was the 401st MP Company.

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PFC Scott L. Roth
401st MP Company
20 December 1989
Panama
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Operation DESERT SHIELD / STORM ~ During the "First Gulf War" a subordinate unit that suffered a casualty while attached to the Battalion was the 838th MP Company.
PFC Hans C. R. Avey
411th MP Company
7 January 1991
Saudi Arabia

SGT Mark J. Gologram
838th MP Company
Ohio ARNG
7 June 2003
Saudi Arabia
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     Operation IRAQI FREEDOM ~ During the global war against Islamic Fascism, other MP units would be assigned subordinate to the Battalion and at times organic Battalion units would be assigned subordinate to other commands.

SPC Narson B. Sullivan
411th MP Company
25 April 2003
Iraq
PFC Jesse M. Halling
401st MP Company
7 June 2003
Iraq

SSG Ricky A. Kieffer
C Co. 1/182 Field Artillery
Michigan ARNG
15 March 2005
Iraq
PFC Aaron M. Hudson
401st MP Company
16 April 2005
Iraq
2LT Matthew S. Coutu
64th MP Company
27 June 2005
Iraq
PFC Timothy J. Hines, Jr.
64th MP Company
14 July 2005
Iraq
SPC John O. Tollefson
411th MP Company
27 July 2005
Iraq
SPC Adrian J. Butler
411th MP Company
27 July 2005
Iraq
SGT Andrew J. Derrick
411th MP Company
25 September 2005
Iraq
SGT Julia V. Atkins
64th MP Company
10 December 2005
Iraq
SPC Joseph A. Graves
110th MP Company
23 September 2006
Iraq
SSG Gregory W.G. McCoy
410th MP Company
9 November 2006
Iraq
SGT Courtland A. Kennard
410th MP Company
9 November 2006
Iraq
PFC Katie M. Soenksen
410th MP Company
2 May 2007 
Iraq
SPC William A. Farrar, Jr.
127th MP Company
11 May 2007 
Iraq
SGT Bruce E. Horner
127th MP Company
1 June 2007 
Iraq
PFC Brandon K. Bobb
401st MP Company
17 July 2007 
Iraq
PFC Ron J. Joshua, Jr.
401st MP Company
17 July 2007 
Iraq
SPC Matthew M. Murchison
127th MP Company
4 August 2007 
Iraq
SPC Kamisha J. Block
401st MP Company
20 August 2007 
Iraq
 
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Operation ENDURING FREEDOM
Afghanistan As in Iraq, other MP units would be assigned subordinate to the Battalion and at times organic Battalion units would be assigned subordinate to other commands.
PFC Diego M. Montoya
64th MP Company
2 September 2010
Afghanistan
PFC Barbara Vieyra
64th MP Company
18 September 2010
Afghanistan
PFC Justin M. Whitmire
 HQ Detachment
27 December 2011
Afghanistan
SPC Kurt W. Kern
 HQ Detachment
27 December 2011
Afghanistan
SSG Noah M. Korte
 HQ Detachment
27 December 2011
Afghanistan
 
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If you know of any 'Soldiers of The Gauntlet' whose name does not appear above, a member of the 720th MP Battalion or its subordinate units that was killed in action in time of conflict, or died in the line of duty while on active duty, please notify the History Project Manager via this dedicated Email Link.
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