US Army MP's in Vietnam1962-75 |
| This page is dedicated to all US Military Police killed or wounded during Vietnam war. May they never be forgotten. |
US Army MP's in Vietnam1962-75 |
| This page is dedicated to all US Military Police killed or wounded during Vietnam war. May they never be forgotten. |
HISTORY of U.S. ARMY MILITARY POLICE in VIETNAM |
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1962 September 14, 1962 - The 560th MP Company, from Fort Hood, TX, arrives in Vietnam. It is the first military police unit to arrive in Vietnam, and is assigned duties at Vung Tau. |
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1965 March 8 - After six weeks of travel from Japan, at 9:03 a.m. (local time), and under overcast skies and drizzly rain, the four ships of Task Force 76 (USS Mount McKinley, Henrico, Union and Vancouver) arrive at Da Nang, Vietnam. These are the first US combat troops to deploy to Vietnam. The two battalion landing teams (3rd Battalion - 9th Marine Regiment and 1st Battalion - 3rd Marine Regiment) from the 3rd Marine Division will join the already in-place 23,000 US forces personnel. The 3,500 arriving US Marines are greeted by sightseers, prostitutes and four US Army soldiers. March 24 - The 716th MP Battalion arrives in Vietnam. June 17 - The 89th MP Group, is activated. July - Elements of the 1st MP Company arrive in Vietnam, as part of the American build-up. July 28 - The 545th MP Company arrives in Vietnam with the First Cavalry Division.October 1965 - The remainder of the 1st MP Company arrives in Vietnam. December 4 - SPC William S. Seippel, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, from C Company, 716th MP Bn, engages in a gun battle with VC terrorists at the Metropole Hotel in Saigon. After being wounded, and out of ammunition for his shotgun and pistol, he takes cover in the hotel lobby. The VC then explode a bomb which killed eight people and wounded an other 137. |
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1966 April 1 - SPC Michael T. Mulvaney, 23, of the Philippines, and PFC Patrick J. Brems, 19, of Mahwah, New Jersey, from Company C, 716th MP Bn are killed in Saigon, when the VC bomb the Victoria BOQ. June 14 - The 18th MP Brigade and 16th MP Group are formally activated at Fort Meade, Maryland. September 26 - The 25th Anniversary of the Military Police Corps. Also on this date the 18th MP Brigade becomes operational in Vietnam. Initially, this brigade was to assume command and control of all nondivisional military police units in Vietnam. Until then, those units were under the control of commanders in their respective areas, primarily performing security missions in addition to maintaining law and order. The Vietnam Command desired more active involvement by the military police in direct support of combat operations. While at first the 18th MP Brigade performed many unusual and unfamiliar tasks, as time progressed these unfamiliar tasks became commonplace MP missions. Military police performed the usual law and order, physical security, traffic control and confinement missions. In combat operations, they could be found in their camouflaged fatigues patrolling the jungles and villages near Long Binh and in other areas throughout Vietnam. At the height of the war the brigade consisted over 6000 military policemen assigned to three MP groups:
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1967 February - The brigade was involved in "Operation Junction City" with the 1st and 25th Infantry Divisions and "Operation Thayer II" with the 1st Cavalry Division (Air Mobile). In the latter operation, elements of C Company, 504th Military Police Battalion, joined the 1st Cavalry Division. In addition to detainee escort and route security, the MP also performed as "tunnel rats," locating and destroying many enemy tunnels, as well as aiding in the capture of many suspected enemy soldiers. April - The brigade supported "Task Force Oregon" (later reinforced and redesignated the 23d Infantry or "Americal Division") in southern Quang Ngai Province. In addition to many other missions, the brigade supplied security and route reconnaissance as well as convoy escorts. Summer - The brigade continued to provide support for large-scale combat operations such as "Billings," "Paddington," and "Euporia." Throughout the period the military police constantly contended with ambushes, mines, and snipers in the most vital and dangerous type of mission. July - V-100 Commando armored cars became a welcome addition to the 720th and 504th Military Police Battalions. Prior to their arrival, the 18th Military Police Brigade depended on gun-jeeps. The V-100 was tested and evaluated by the military police in Vietnam, resulting in an authorization for the procurement of seventy-two. They provided a big morale boost for the MP and were a great augmentation for the gun-jeeps. Due to added military police commitments and the fact that the battalion's V-100s were positioned in Saigon to assist the 716th MP Battalion, the 720th MP Battalion acquired twelve armored personnel carriers armed with .50-caliber machine guns. The importance of putting the carriers into action as soon as possible did not leave time for the MP to receive formal instruction on the operation of this vehicle. The MP instead took the initiative and learned on their own. September 11 - A a cordon and search operation, "Operation Corral," occurred. It was designed to locate and destroy any enemy close-in strike capability directed against the Long Binh Post complex. The operation began at precisely 1800 hours on 11 September 1967, as the thundering sound of helicopters, tanks, and armored personnel carriers brought the 9th Infantry Division's MP contingent into the staging area. Within the next five minutes over 250 men from the 720th Military Police Battalion converged on the area, equipped with gun jeeps, V-100 Commando cars, searchlights, loudspeakers, and barbed wire barricades. As the infantry sealed and secured the area and supporting helicopter gunships prowled the sky, the men of the 720th combed through huts, muddy undergrowth and rice paddies. Their objective was to flush out Viet Cong, VC sympathizers, enemy supplies, and contraband. When the failing rays of sunset turned day into night, huge artillery flares and searchlights enabled the 720th to continue its aggressive and intensive search around the clock. September - Following this action, the brigade was assigned the responsibility for the security of a twenty-two square mile area south of Long Binh, thus becoming the first military police unit in history to man a tactical area of responsibility in a combat zone. This area contained hundreds of small streams and rivers where the military police set up night ambushes to stop the Viet Cong who were using these waterways as infiltration routes. Other military police activities included sweeps, reconnaissance patrols, and cordon as well as search operations. Becoming more involved in infantry activities, military police exchanged their shiny helmets and brassards for bush hats and flak vests. They continued to conduct small unit operations in South Vietnam until 31 January 1968 when the "TET Offensive" began. |
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1968 January 30 - At Ban Me Thout, just after midnight, MP SPC Ron McCollar, begins clearing American soldiers from the village's five bars, due to his belief in an impending VC attack. At 1:35 a.m. 2,000 enemy troops from the 33rd NVA Regiment and the 301st VC Local Force Battalion, supported by rocket and mortars, do attack the city and the military installations in the area. January 31 - The start of the "TET 68 Offensive." At Long Binh, one military policeman from the 95th MP Battalion and another military policeman from the 212th MP Company are killed during attacks against the Long Binh Ammunition Supply Depot. At Dalat, two military police are wounded when Viet Cong attack and destroy the MP billets with mortar and rocket fire.At Vinh Long one military policeman from the 148th MP Platoon is wounded in an attack on the MP Billets. At Kontum, and Pleiku, military police of B Company, 504th MP Battalion begin their battle against Viet Cong snipers that doesn't end until approximately February 7th. At Nha Trang the Viet Cong attack the 272nd MP Company. The attack is repulsed and the area held. Military police of the 720th MP Battalion assist combat forces in repulsing attacks at Bien Hoa, Thu Duo, Can Tho City and Soc Trang. February 2 - At Ban Me Thout three military policemen of the 981st MP Company are wounded in an explosion.  February 3 - At Qui Nhon one military policeman from the 127th MP Company is killed during street fighting with Viet Cong. During the night Viet Cong attack the Newport Bridge, between Bien Hoa and Saigon. The 273rd VC Regiment succeeds in capturing the eastern end of the bridge, but MP's from the 716th MP Battalion and members of the ARVN 5th Cavalry Squadron retake the bridge in heavy fighting. |
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1969 April 30 - US troop strength in Vietnam peaks at 543,400 June 30 - SGT Eugene T. Cox, 21, of Jackson Heights, New York and PFC James H. Workman, 20, of Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, two military policemen of C Company, 716th MP Battalion, respond to a report of a drunken soldier in a bar in Saigon. They are shot dead by LTC Nguyen Viet Can, commander of the ARVN Airborne Battalion that guards the Vietnamese Presidential Palace. No charges are filed against the ARVN officer. October - A military policeman from the 716th MP Bn has a hand chopped off by a machete wielding major of the ARVN Rangers, during a barfight in Saigon. During this year the US military prisoner population peaks when 10,450 military prisoners are confined in Vietnam, most at the United States Army Installation Stockade at Long Binh, known as the Long Binh Jail (LBJ). By the end of the year there were 117 "combat refusals" and 239 incidents of "fragging" reported in Vietnam. Total US troops killed now is 40,024. "Fragging" and "Combat Refusals" in Vietnam |
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| 1970 By the end of the year there were 131 "combat refusals" and 383 incidents of "fragging" reported in Vietnam. |
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| 1971 September - Military police conduct a siege at Cam Ranh Bay against 14 soldiers of the 35th Engineer Group who refuse to come out of their bunkers. October 9 - First Cavalry troopers again commit a "combat refusal" when asked to form a patrol. October - Military police are flown into a military base near Da Lat, after two fragging attempts had been made on the commanding officer's life. Discipline is restored after the MP's have been on scene for a week. By the end of the year there were 333 incidents of "fragging" reported in Vietnam. |
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| 1972 April - Members of the 196th Infantry Brigade (Separate) refuse to go out in support of ARVN operations. June 29 - The last combat brigade, the 196th Infantry Brigade (Separate), withdraws from Vietnam. July 18 - Actress Jane Fonda broadcasts an anti-war message over Hanoi Radio to American troops. August 23 - The last combat battalion, 3rd Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment, withdraws from Vietnam. By the end of the year there were 58 incidents of "fragging" reported in Vietnam. |
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1973 LTC William B. Nolde of Mount Pleasant, MI, becomes the last official casualty of the war when he is killed by an artillery shell at An Loc, just 11 hours before the final truce is to take effect. January 28 - A cease fire begins with the last artillery fire stopping at 8:05 a.m. (local). February 12- The first American prisoners of war released by North Vietnam arrive at Clark Air Force Base, in the Philippines. March 29 - The last US troops leave Vietnam, thus ending US participation in the Vietnam war. Left behind are only 8,500 US civilian technicians and a small contingent of US Marines to guard the US embassy. March 30 - The 18th MP Brigade, the last major color-bearing unit to leave Vietnam, is inactivated at Oakland, California. At the height of the Vietnam war there were over 30,000 military police serving in the US Army. The largest and only combat tested military police brigade in the history of the Military Police Corps had distinguished itself in six plus years of activation and duty in Vietnam. |
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| 1974 With the publishing of DA GO No. 6, the 716th MP Battalion becomes the most highly decorated military police battalion in the United States Army. In Vietnam the battalion served in 16 campaigns, adding seven unit citations to it's one 1945 citation. |
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| 1975 April 29 - Corporal Charles McMahon, Jr., and Lance Corporal Darwin Judge, USMC, are the last US military personnel killed in Vietnam. They are struck during a rocket attack at the US Embassy in Saigon, during the final North Vietnamese attack on the government. April 30 - At 7:53 a.m., 11 US Marines (the last of 865 Marines assigned to guard the US Embassy) carrying the American flag, are airlifted from the US Embassy rooftop helipad. Three hours later the Vietnam war finally ends when North Vietnamese tanks break into the Presidential Palace. |
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18th Military Police Brigade Arrived Vietnam: 8 Sep 1966 Departed Vietnam: 29 Mar 1973 Located: Long Binh |
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| On 20 May 1966 the 18th Military Police Brigade was established. The brigade was sent to the Republic of Vietnam during the autumn of 1966. The brigade was responsible for the command, coordination and control of all military police operations performed by groups, battalions and other attached units from the de-militarised zone (DMZ) to the Mekong Delta. In addition to its normal police function, the brigade was also in a combat support role and provided convoy escorts, bridge and highway security, refugee and detainee evacuation and traffic control In addition to these policing functions, the brigade had control of a 22 suare mile area as its own area of responsibility that included military operations and civic action programs as well. The 18th Military Police Brigade also performed "sea duty" during the Vietnam war by providing port and river security. An example of this type of operation was conducted at the tiny port of Vung Tau Bay. This port was a vital area because it was the disembarkation point for many supplies. The 218th Military Police Company, assumed responsibility for the security of this 6 1/2 square mile bay using river patrol boats equipped with .50-caliber machine guns. This operation was supplemented by using a Boston Whaler for patrolling the shoreline to intercept would-be Viet Cong swimmers before they entered the water. Convoy escorts were also routine missions for the MP. One such mission, considered by many to be the most dangerous, was a convoy from Qui Nhon to Plei Djereng in support of Cambodian operations. The 150-plus-miles trip was through treacherous terrain that invited Viet Cong ambushes. The road through it degenerated from pock-marked pavement to dirt road until finally becoming a jungle trail. |
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8th MP Group (Criminal Investigation) Arrived Vietnam: 28 Aug 1968 Departed Vietnam: 1 Jul 1972 Located: Long Binh |
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| The 8th MP Group was formed to provide planning, direction and supervision for all criminal investigations that were required by the US Army in Vietnam. In July 1972 this group formed the basis for the US Army Criminal Investigation Centre, Vietnam Field Office. Prior to this, on 3 November 1966, a provisional MP Group (Criminal Investigation) had been formed to charge control of all criminal investigations within the Vietnam theatre with the exception of the Saigon metropolitan area. |
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16th MP Group Arrived Vietnam: 11 Sep 1966 Departed Vietnam: 20 Dec 1970 Located: Nha Trang (Sep 66 - Sep 70) Da Nang (Oct 70 - Dec 71) |
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| Command, control, staff planning and coordination was provided by the 16th MP Group to all military police units that had been attached and assigned to it in the I and II Corps Tactical Zones of Vietnam. Under its control were the 93rd, 97th and 504th Military Police Battalions. |
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89th MP Group Arrived Vietnam: 16 Mar 1966 Departed Vietnam: 20 Dec 1971 Located: Long Binh |
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| Command, control, staff planning and coordination was provided by the 89th MP Group to all military police units that had been attached and assigned to it in the III and IV Corps Tactical Zones of Vietnam. Under its control were the 92nd, 95th, 716th and 720th Military Police Battalions. |
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92nd MP Battalion Arrived Vietnam: 11 Apr Sep 1966 Departed Vietnam: 5 Feb 1970 Located: Tan Son Nhut |
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| On 11 April 1966, the 92nd MP Battalion was deployed from Fort Bragg to Vietnam to provide command and control, staff planning, criminal investigations and supervison for administration, training, operations and logistics to assigned and attached units. Stationed at Tan Son Nhut, the battalion provided support to Saigon as a subordinate unit to the 89th MP Group. |
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93rd MP Battalion Arrived Vietnam: 30 Aug 1966 Departed Vietnam: 20 Dec 1971 Located: Qui Nohn |
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| Initially stationed at Qui Nhon, the battalion moved to Phu Thanh in 1967 and in 1968 to Phu Bai. The battalion provided military police support (command and control, staff planning, criminal investigations and supervison for administration, training, operations and logistics to assigned and attached units) to the northern II Corps Tactical Zone of Vietnam under the 16th MP Group. The battalion returned to Qui Nhon on 29 Mat\rch 1969. |
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95th MP Battalion Arrived Vietnam: 11 Apr 1966 Departed Vietnam: 13 Apr 1972 Located: Tan Son Nhut | |
| Initially stationed at Tan Son Nhut the 95th MP Battaion moved to Long Binh in August 1966. The battalion rendered support (command and control, staff planning, criminal investigations and supervison for administration, training, operations and logistics to assigned and attached units) to the III Corps Tactical Zone of Vietnam. |
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97th MP Battalion Arrived Vietnam: 28 Aug 1966 Departed Vietnam: 26 Apr 1972 Located: Cam Ranh Bay |
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| Located at Cam Ranh Bay the battalion provided military police support (command and control, staff planning, criminal investigations and supervison for administration, training, operations and logistics to assigned and attached units) to the souther II Corps Tactical Zone of Vietnam under the 16th MP Group. The battalion moved to Long Binh in April 1972. |
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504th MP Battalion Arrived Vietnam: 31 Aug 1965 Departed Vietnam: 31 Jul 1972 Located: Qui Nhon |
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| On 31 August 1965, the 504th MP Battalion was sent to Vietnam from Fort Lewis to enforce military law, order and regulations; to control traffic and stragglers, circulation of individuals and protection of property; to handle prisoners of war; to operate checkpoints and route security; and to fight as infantry as required. The battalion was initially located at Qui Nhon, but moved to Phu Thanh (1967), to Phu Bai (1968), and to Da Nang (13 Aug 1970). The battalion rendered military police support in 1 Corps Tactical Zone under the 16th MP Group and finally moved to Long Binh in April 1972. |
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716th MP Battalion Arrived Vietnam: 24 Mar 1965 Departed Vietnam: 29 Mar 1973 Located: Saigon / Tan Son Nhut |
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| Under the control of the 89th MP Group, the 716th MP Battalion was stationed at Saigon and Tan Son Nhut for its entire tour and provided MP support to the Saigon area. This included the enforcement of military law, order and regulations; to control traffic and stragglers, circulation of individuals and protection of property; to handle prisoners of war; to operate checkpoints and route security; and to fight as infantry as required. |
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720th MP Battalion Arrived Vietnam: 19 Oct 1966 Departed Vietnam: 13 Aug 1972 Located: Long Binh |
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| Stationed initially at Long Binh to enforce military law, order and regulations; to control traffic and stragglers, circulation of individuals and protection of property; to handle prisoners of war; to operate checkpoints and route security; and to fight as infantry as required, the battalion provided such support to the III Corps Tactical Zone under the command of the 89th MP Group. |
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| 1st MP Company 1966 - 189 1968 - 189 1970 - --- |
1st Inf Div | Lai Khe | 17 Oct 65-15 Apr 70 | ||||||||
| 4th MP Company 1966 - --- 1968 - 189 1970 - 189 |
4th Inf Div | Pleiku | 8 Sep 66-15 Dec 70 | ||||||||
| 5th MP Company (1st Platoon only) | 1st Bde, 5th Inf Div (Mech) | Quang Tri | Jul 68-Aug 71 | ||||||||
| 9th MP Company 1966 - --- 1968 - 189 1970 - --- |
9th Inf Div | Dong Tam | 19 Dec 66-25 Sep 69 | ||||||||
| 23rd MP Company 1966 - --- 1968 - 126 1970 - 189 |
23rd Inf (Americal) Div | Chu Lai | 8 Dec 67-29 Jun 72 Retained as a separate MP Company for 196th Infantry brigade after Americal Division was closed in Nov 71 |
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| 25th MP Company 1966 - 189 1968 - 189 1970 - 189 |
25th Inf Div | Cu Chi | 13 Mar 66-8 Dec 70 | ||||||||
| 101st MP Company 1966 - 40 1968 - 156 1970 - 189 |
101st Airborne Div (Airmobile) | Gia Le | 28 Dec 67-13 Jan 72 1st Platoon was in Vietnam since Jul 65 |
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| 545th MP Company 1966 - 156 1968 - 156 1970 - 156 |
1st Cav Div (Airmobile) | Phuoc Vinh | 28 Jul 65-29 Apr 71 | ||||||||
| HQ & HQ MP Platoon | 3rd Bde, 82nd Airborne Div | Hue-Phu Bai | Feb 68-Dec 69 | ||||||||
| HQ & HQ MP Platoon | 173rd Airborne Bde | An Khe | May 65-Aug 71 | ||||||||
| 25th MP Platoon (Provisional) | 2nd Bde, 25th Inf Div | Xuan Loc | Nov 70-Dec 70 Formed for a short period until replaced by 544th MP Platoon |
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| 152nd MP Platoon | 199th Inf Bde (Light) | Long Binh | Dec 66-Oct 70 | ||||||||
| 265th MP Platoon | 198th Inf Bde (Light) | Chu Lai | Oct 67-Dec 67 Assets used to help establish 23rd MP Company |
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| 483rd MP Platoon | 3rd Bde (Separate), 1st Cav Div | Bien Hoa | 1969-Mar 73 Formed for 3rd Brigade (Separate), 9th Inf Div Nov 70 with 3rd Bde (Separate), 1st Cav Div After Jun 72 was separate platoon with red/white band at Can Tho |
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| 544th MP Platoon | 196th Bde (Light) | Chu Lai | Sep 66-Dec 67 Jan 71-Apr 71 Assets used to establish 23rd MP Company. Re-raised for 2nd Bde (Separate), 25th Inf Div |
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| 504th MP Battalion (elements only) 1966 - 601 1968 - 595 1970 - 537 |
XXIV Corps | Phu Bail | XXIV Corps received MP support from platoons of "A" and "B" Companies, 504th MP Bn on a rotating basis | ||||||||
| 272nd MP Company (Corps) 1966 - 182 1968 - 181 1970 - 182 |
I Field Force | Nha Trang | 4 Sep 65-31 Mar 72 | ||||||||
| 552nd MP Company (Corps) 1966 - --- 1968 - 200 1970 - 200 |
II Field Force | Long Binh | 1 Oct 66-28 Apr 72 | ||||||||
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| 18th MP Brigade (HHD) 1966 - 55 1968 - 80 1970 - 219 |
US Army, Vietnam | Long Binh | 8 Sep 66-29 Mar 73 | ||||||||
| 16th MP Group (HHD) 1966-70 - 38 |
18th MP Bde | Nha Trang/Da Nang | 11 Sep 66-20 Dec 70 | ||||||||
| 89th MP Group (HHD) 1966 - 37 1968 - 38 1970 - 38 |
18th MP Bde | Long Binh | 16 Mar 66-20 Dec 71 | ||||||||
| 504th MP Battalion (Army) 1966 - 601 1968 - 595 1970 - 537 |
16th MP Group | Phu Bai | 31 Aug 65-31 Jul 72 | ||||||||
| 716th MP Battalion (Army) 1966 - 602 1968 - 595 1970 - 537 |
89th MP Group | Saigon | 24 Mar 65-29 Mar 73 | ||||||||
| 720th MP Battalion (Army) 1968 - 595 1970 - 537 |
89th MP Group | Long Binh | 19 Oct 66-13 Aug 72 | ||||||||
| 212th MP Company (Sentry Dog) 1966 - 188 1968 - 193 1970 - 191 |
89th MP Group | Long Binh | 10 Jan 66-8 Nov 72 | ||||||||
| 284th MP Company (Confinement Facility) 1966 - --- 1968 - 234 1970 - 162 |
18th MP Bde | Long Binh | 2 Apr 68-28 Mar 73 | ||||||||
| 527th MP Company (Physical Security) 1966 - --- 1968 - 182 1970 - --- |
716th MP Bn | Saigon | 7 Sep 66-15 Oct 68 One platoon also served 30 Jun 71-20 Mar 72 at Da Nang as a Confinement Facility platoon |
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| 595th MP Company (Sentry Dog) 1966 - --- 1968 - --- 1970 - 191 |
504th MP Bn | Da Nang | 2 Jan 70-28 Apr 72 | ||||||||
| 981st MP Company (Sentry Dog) 1966 - --- 1968 - 193 1970 - 191 |
16th MP Group | Cam Ranh Bay | 8 Dec 67-17 Apr 72 | ||||||||
| 146th MP Company | 504th MP Bn | Phu Bai | |||||||||
| 514th MP Platoon (POW Processing) | 18th MP Bde | Saigon | Sep 65-1966 Not really used as US turned POW responsibility over to Vietnamese government |
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| 5th MP Detachment (Provost Marshal Section) | 18th MP Bde | Da Nang | 1971-Jul 72 | ||||||||
| 22nd MP Detachment (Provost Marshal Section) | 18th MP Bde | Long Binh | Closed in Jul 72 | ||||||||
| 90th MP Detachment (Provost Marshal Section) | 18th MP Bde | Saigon | Sep 65-Closing date not known | ||||||||
| 145th MP Detachment (Dismounted Patrol, Dog) | 212th MP Coy | Tan Son Nhut | 1965-67 Merged with 212th MP Coy in 1966 but closed 1967 |
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| Provisional MP Group (Criminal Investigation) | 18th MP Bde | Long Binh | 3 Nov 66-28 Aug 68 Used to form 8th MP Group |
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| 8th MP Group (Criminal Investigation) 1968-71 - 38 |
18th MP Bde | Long Binh | 28 Aug 68-1 Jul 72 | ||||||||
| 92nd MP Battalion (HHD) 1966 - 20 1968 - 27 |
89th MP Group | Tan Son Nhut | 11 Apr 66-5 Feb 70 | ||||||||
| 93rd MP Battalion (HHD) 1966 - 20 1968 - 27 1970 - 26 |
16th MP Group | Phu Tai | 30 Aug 66-20 Dec 71 | ||||||||
| 95th MP Battalion (HHD) 1966 - 20 1968 - 27 1970 - 26 |
89th MP Group | Long Binh | 11 Apr 66-13 Apr 72 | ||||||||
| 97th MP Battalion (HHD) 1968 - 27 1970 - 26 |
16th MP Group | Cam Ranh Bay | Aug 66-Apr 72 | ||||||||
| 61st MP Company (Physical Security) 1966 - --- 1968 - --- 1970 - 169 |
1st Signal Bde | Long Binh | 1 Mar 70-19 Mar 73 | ||||||||
| 66th MP Company (Guard) 1966 - 125 1968 - 163 1970 - 156 |
93rd MP Bn | Phu Thanh | 23 Aug 65-20 Mar 72 | ||||||||
| 127th MP Company (Corps) 1966 - --- 1968 - 182 1970 - 162 |
93rd MP Bn | Qui Nhon | 8 Jan 67-30 Jan 72 | ||||||||
| 188th MP Company (Physical Security) 1966 - 159 1968 - 182 1970 - 162 |
92nd MP Bn | Tan Son Nhut | 31 Jul 66-20 Mar 72 | ||||||||
| 194th MP Company (Physical Security) 1966 - --- 1968 - 228 1970 - 119 |
1st Signal Bde | Long Binh | 16 May 67-28 Jun 72 | ||||||||
| 218th MP Company (Corps) 1966 - --- 1968 - 182 1970 - 162 |
97th MP Bn | Nha Trang | 18 Jan 67-17 Apr 72 | ||||||||
| 300th MP Company (Physical Security) 1966 - 143 1968 - 182 1970 - 162 |
92nd MP Bn | Tan Son Nhut | 25 Jun 66-1 Apr 72 | ||||||||
| 557th MP Company (Guard) 1966 - 125 1968 - 163 1970 - 156 |
95th MP Bn | Long Binh | 5 Sep 65-20 Mar 72 | ||||||||
| 560th MP Company (Corps) 1966 - 182 1968 - 182 1970 - 162 |
92nd MP Bn | Vung Tau | 14 Sep 62-28 Mar 73 | ||||||||
| 615th MP Company (Corps) 1966 - 182 1968 - 182 1970 - 162 |
95th MP Bn | Long Binh | 26 Aug 63-28 Mar 73 | ||||||||
| 630th MP Company (Escort Guard) 1966 - 142 1968 - 182 1970 - 162 |
97th MP Bn | Cam Ranh Bay | 23 Aug 65-17 Apr 72 | ||||||||
| 148th MP Platoon | 92nd MP Bn | Tan Son Nhut | Mar 65-Dec 67 Attached to Task Force OREGON at Chu Lai in Apr 67 where helped to establish 23rd MP Company |
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| 40th MP Detachment (Field Office) | Provisional MP Group | Nha Trang | Sep 65-Aug 68 | ||||||||
| 87th MP Detachment (Field Office) | Provisional MP Group | Long Binh | Sep 65-Aug 68 | ||||||||
| 91st MP Detachment (Confinement Stockade) | 95th MP Bn | Long Binh | Aug 65-Not certain | ||||||||
| 147th MP Detachment (Criminal Investigation) | Provisional MP Group | Saigon | Nov 65-Aug 68 | ||||||||
| 177th MP Detachment (Provost Marshal) | 93rd MP Bn | Qui Nhon | Aug 66-Mar 73 | ||||||||
| 178th MP Detachment (Provost Marshal) | 97th MP Bn | Cam Ranh Bay | Aug 65-mar 73 | ||||||||
| 179th MP Detachment (Provost Marshal) | 95th MP Bn | Long Binh/Bin Hoa | Sep 66-Nov 72 | ||||||||
| 252nd MP Detachment (Criminal Investigations) | Provisional MP Group | Vung Tau | Jun 66-Aug 68 | ||||||||
| 500th MP Detachment (Physical Security) | 1st Signal Bde | Phu Lam | |||||||||
Military police deployed within Vietnam applied distinctive markings on their helmets as was authorised by the standard army regulations covering MP insignia. Modifications were however made. Due to the requirement that the presence of military police be easily seen within the crowded avenues and roads of Vietnams cities and towns, the insignia used by the MP's in Vietnam often defied the authorised sizes and were larger than three inches in width.
MP helmets or helmet liners were painted gloss black and decorated with large "MP" letters in white on the front. A painted band then extended around the helmet. This band may have been white, red, red and blue, or red and white depending on the circumstances of the unit assignment. The left side of the helmet was usually used for the unit designation with the right side being used by unit insignia.
