SWENSEN, Leland, SKCS

Deceased
 
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Last Rank
Senior Chief Petty Officer
Last Primary NEC
SK-0000-Storekeeper
Last Rating/NEC Group
Storekeeper
Primary Unit
1971-1973, SK-0000, USS John King (DDG-3)
Service Years
1957 - 1977
Official/Unofficial US Navy Certificates
Order of the Shellback
Order of the Golden Dragon
SK-Storekeeper
Five Hash Marks

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Home State
South Dakota
South Dakota
 Year of Birth
1939
 
This Military Service Page was created/owned by Steven Loomis (SaigonShipyard), IC3 to remember SWENSEN, Leland, SCPO.

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Contact Info
Home Town
Hurley and Wakonda, SD		 Last Address
Buried with full Military Honors,
Patriot Guard Riders / Honor Mission
Union Cemetery, rural Wakonda SD
Date of Passing
Jan 27, 2012		  
Location of Interment
Union Cemetery - Flandreau, South Dakota

 Official Badges 

US Navy Retired 20 US Navy Honorable Discharge


 Unofficial Badges 

Navy Chief Initiated Cold War Medal Order of the Emerald Shellback Gulf of Tonkin Yacht Club

Order of the Golden Dragon


 Military Associations and Other Affiliations
Post 791, Ernest Bowyer PostPost 13
  1979, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States (VFW), Post 791, Ernest Bowyer Post (Member) (Yankton, South Dakota) - Chap. Page
  1979, American Legion, Post 13 (Recorder) (Wakonda, South Dakota) - Chap. Page


  1971-1973, SK-0000, USS John King (DDG-3)

SK-Storekeeper

From Month/Year
- / 1971
To Month/Year
- / 1973

Unit
USS John King (DDG-3) Unit Page

Rank
Chief Petty Officer
NEC
SK-0000-Storekeeper

Base, Station or City
Not Specified
State/Country
Not Specified
  
 
 Patch
 USS John King (DDG-3) Details

USS John King (DDG-3) 		Hull number DDG-3

Type
Surface Vessel 		 

Parent Unit
Charles F. Adams-class
Strength
Destroyer Guided Missile

Created/Owned By
Not Specified
   

Last Updated: Oct 4, 2013
   
Memories For This Unit

Other Memories
While stationed on the USS Canberra, it made two deployments to the Far East, and joined the Seventh Fleet ships supporting RVN and USA forces in Vietnam. Canberra fired over 25,00 rounds from her 8-inch guns. The cruiser participated in operations ranging from riding shotgun for a truck convoy to supporting the first full-scale landing in the Mekong Delta. Canberra provided naval gunfire support in the I, II, and IV Corps areas, from the Mekong Delta to the DMZ, spending 88% of the time at sea with her.

While stationed aboard the USS John King (DDG-3), it made one cruise to West Pac, 71/72, connecting up with the Seventh Fleet. Thousands of five-inch projectiles were fired in support of US Forces.

- Leland L. Swensen, Wakonda, SD
   
Yearbook
 
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45 Members Also There at Same Time
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USS John King (DDG-3)
Sage, Michael, CAPT, (1971-2001) OFF 111X Captain
Lasswell, John, CDR, (1967-1987) OFF 00X Lieutenant
Bigbee, Dalton, CAPT, (1969-1995) OFF 310X Lieutenant Junior Grade
Hinson, David, CAPT, (1970-2000) OFF 111X Lieutenant Junior Grade
Curtis, William, MCPO, (1958-1987) BM BM-0000 Master Chief Petty Officer
Boyer, Robert, MCPO, (1958-1979) FT FT-0000 Senior Chief Petty Officer
Lease, Barry, CPO, (1958-1976) BM BM-0000 Chief Petty Officer
Pacheco, George, CWO3, (1963-1987) FT FT-0000 Chief Petty Officer
Kaylor, Robert, MCPO, (1972-2002) FTM FTM-1189 Petty Officer First Class
Lundin, Roger, SCPO, (1961-1991) ST ST-0455 Petty Officer First Class
Cole, Lawrence, PO2, (1967-1971) EM EM-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Cummings, Mathew, PO1, (1970-1982) EM EM-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Fife, David, SCPO, (1964-1992) ST ST-0451 Petty Officer Second Class
Jaegle, Dennis, PO2, (1973-1982) MM MM-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Kapalko, Ken, PO2, (1967-1971) MM MM-9348 Petty Officer Second Class
Marraffa, Tom, PO2, (1972-1978) EM EM-4615 Petty Officer Second Class
Matroni, Harold, CPO, (1972-2000) MM MM-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Tucker, Ronald (Ron), PO1, (1970-1976) MM MM-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Bates, Kevin, PO3, (1968-1972) EM EM-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
Braley, Richard, PO3, (1968-1971) OS OS-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
Cearley, Terrance, PO3, (1968-1974) QM QM-0304 Petty Officer Third Class
Flowers, Philip, PO3, (1968-1972) RM RM-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
Lamanna, Joseph, PO3, (1969-1973) BM BM-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
Marraffa, Tom, PO2, (1972-1978) EM EM-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
Nevells, Fred, PO3, (1970-1975) HT HT-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
Penson, Louis, PO3, (1968-1971) MM MM-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
Phillips, Phil, PO3, (1969-1973) OS OS-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
Sidoti, Lawrence (Larry), PO3, (1973-1979) STG STG-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
Trumble, Floyd, PO2, (1972-1977) ETN ETN-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
Banks, Kenneth, SN, (1969-1973) GMG GMG-0000 Seaman
Smith, C.D., FN, (1967-1971) BT BT-0000 Fireman
Tierney, Tim, FN, (1972-1975) BT BT-4500 Fireman
Woodburn, John Mark, PO2, (1968-1972) HT HT-5343 Fireman
Carter, Alfred D., SA, (1972-1974) BM BM-0000 Seaman Apprentice
Owensby, Douglas, CPO, (1973-1994) MS MS-0000 Seaman Apprentice
Stuckey, Larry, SA, (1973-1974) BM BM-9571 Seaman Apprentice
Wojcik, Leo, SCPO, (1962-1990) Chief Petty Officer
Orischak, George, PO2, (1969-1978) SM Petty Officer Second Class
Templeton, Pat, MCPO, (1964-1986) Petty Officer Second Class
Tosoc, Eduardo, CPO, (1973-1996) EM Petty Officer Second Class
Valko, Bill, PO2, (1970-1974) RD Petty Officer Second Class
Lamanna, Joseph, PO3, (1969-1973) 00 Petty Officer Third Class
Lucas, Robert, PO3, (1972-1975) Petty Officer Third Class
Young, Sidney, PO1, (1967-1988) YN Petty Officer Third Class
Cruz, Carlito, CPO, (1973-1996) Seaman Apprentice
Enos, Alan, PO3, (1968-1972) Petty Officer Third Class

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