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716th Military Police Battalion

 
 
716th Military Police Battalion Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Darren Jefferson Clay, May 4, 2024
1. 716th Military Police Battalion Marker
Inscription. To the memory of those heroic soldiers of the 716th Military Police Battalion who gave their lives to keep the peace in the Republic of Vietnam. These men performed in the finest traditions of the United States Army and the Military Police Corps against an armed enemy: they paid the supreme sacrifice to protect their fellow man. The gallant efforts of these men exemplified their admirable battalion motto "Lex et Ordo" (Law and Order)

Peacekeepers
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Military.
 
Location. 36° 38.028′ N, 87° 27.181′ W. Memorial is in Fort Campbell, Tennessee, in Montgomery County. It can be reached from Tennessee Avenue north of 19st Street, on the left when traveling south. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Fort Campbell KY 42223, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Middle Tennessee and in the Highland Rim. It is also in the American South and specifically in the Upper South. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere.
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Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Memorial for the 716th Military Police Battalion (here, next to this marker); In Memory of the Fallen Soldiers of the 101st Sustainment Brigade (here, next to this marker); Avillan Murray Memorial (here, next to this marker); Support during the Global War on Terror (within shouting distance of this marker); Military Police and Air Defense Artillery (within shouting distance of this marker); Modularity & Modern Sustainment 2007 (within shouting distance of this marker); Sustainment Brigade Heraldry (within shouting distance of this marker); Desert Shield/Desert Storm 1990 - 1991 (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Fort Campbell.
 
716th Military Police Battalion Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Darren Jefferson Clay, May 4, 2024
2. 716th Military Police Battalion Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on June 12, 2024. It was originally submitted on June 9, 2024, by Darren Jefferson Clay of Duluth, Georgia. This page has been viewed 477 times since then and 50 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on June 9, 2024, by Darren Jefferson Clay of Duluth, Georgia. • James Hulse was the editor who published this page.
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Jul. 12, 2026