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Casualty Info
Home Town Mattapan, MA
Last Address Mattapan, MA
Casualty Date Sep 12, 1968
Cause KIA-Killed in Action
Reason Other Explosive Device
Location Quang Nam (Vietnam)
Conflict Vietnam War
Location of Interment Mount Calvary Cemetery - Roslindale, Massachusetts
Wall/Plot Coordinates 44W 039 / Section 18 B, Lot 395, Space 1
Other Memories Detachment S sailed for Argentia, Newfoundland in July, at the end of a four-month homeport period. There the detachment constructed navigational aids and water supply facilities. Returning briefly to Davisville in December, it embarked a second time, this time for Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands, where they made repairs to the Naval Station's piers.
Meanwhile, NMCB ONE departed for its second European tour via Boeing 707s, the first time the Battalion deployed via air. Arriving at Rota on July 19, the Battalion began a series of projects. They constructed a medium-range radar tower, additions to a pier transit shed and aviation ordnance buildings, a Marine administration building, and various port facilities. NMCB ONE deployed back to homeport on February 5, 1963. For its efforts in the previous year, NMCB ONE was awarded the Peltier Award for 1962, as the best unit of its type.
